quiet down

英 [ˈkwaɪət daʊn]

美 [ˈkwaɪət daʊn]

（使）安静; （使）平静下来

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)安静;(使)平静下来
  If someone or somethingquiets downor if youquietthemdown, they become less noisy or less active.
  1. Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly...
     一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
  2. Try gradually to quiet them down as bedtime approaches.
     临近就寝的时候，要尽量让他们渐渐安静下来。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 quieten down

英英释义

verb

• become quiet or quieter
  1. The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
  Synonym:quietenhushquietquiescepipe down

双语例句

• The teacher made the rowdy class quiet down.
  老师使这吵闹的班级安静了下来。
• With the second move that ticked away voice, everything around quiet down, can clearly hear throbbing with the second rhythmic beat.
  随着嘀嘀嗒嗒秒针走动的声音，周围的一切都安静了下来，可以很清楚地听到心跳声随着秒针有节奏地跳动。
• We have to wait until things quiet down.
  我们都必须要等到情况稳定下来。
• Hustle and bustle of the day, the city, also began to quiet down.
  喧嚣了一天的城市，也开始静了下来。
• Sings happiness, the things quiet down.
  唱幸福、曲终人散。
• Sometimes he'd quiet down and just stare sadly at the floor, like a man whittling.
  有时他会静下来，纯粹悲哀地凝视着地板，象一个正在用小刀削刻的人。
• You can't wait for the world to quiet down before you start focusing on your own well-being.
  你不可能等到这个世界安静下来，你才开始关注你自己的幸福。
• Isolation and loneliness, this pair of twins, people in the impulse in the quiet down and sink quietly thinking.
  孤独和寂寞，这一对孪生子，让人于冲动中沉静下来，静静的沉入思索。
• Established in1933, MPGC was affiliated to Chinese Medical Association to safeguard doctor's legitimate rights and interests and quiet down medical disputes.
  成立于1933年的医业保障委员会，是中华医学会设立的一个特别委员会，其作用为维护医师的合法权益，努力减少医事纠纷。
• I dyspnea, and12 will hit her, she saw me angry, only slowly quiet down.
  我气急了，会打她一两下，她看见我生气了，才会慢慢的安静下来。