hush

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A silence, especially after some noise. countable,uncountable
    — It is the hush of night.
  2. Water which has been used to clear the soil off of some (area of) rock or ore.
    — […] the hush from the lead mines on the moors near that place enters the Arkle, and the stream below suffers materially, the fishing being of little good;
  3. A part of a mine or quarry where ore is to be, or has been, excavated by an artificial flow of water.
    — […] lead ore occurs abundantly in the upper crust of the earth, and this phrase would have been quite applicable to the early finds of shoad-stones of lead ore in Weardale, to the importance of which the scars of the "hushes" that still furrow the fell-sides bear conclusive evidence.
动词 v.
  1. To become quiet. intransitive
  2. To rush, to gush. Northern-England,Scotland
    — On the fluir, bluid an punch now hush't leyke a stream, […]
  3. To make quiet. transitive
  4. To send forth a rush of water over (some ground) so as to clear off the soil and other materials overlying, and thus uncover or separate out, ore. intransitive,transitive
    — […] worn its Chanel so deep in some Part of its Course as to work upon some mineral Substance, which gives it the Colour of Water hushed from Lead-mines, and is so strong as to tinge the River Derwent […]
  5. To appease; to allay; to soothe. transitive
    — VVilt thou then / Huſh my Cares thus, and ſhelter me vvith Love?

词形变化

hushes present,singular,third-person hushing participle,present hushed participle,past hushed past hushes plural hushes present,singular,third-person hushing participle,present hushed participle,past hushed past hushes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hushable hush down hushen hushling hush one's mouth hushpitality hush-up hushy

词源

词源 1
From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.
词源 2
Unclear; possibly onomatopoeic.
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