| 正面 | 1440.quiet 英 ['kwaɪət]美 ['kwaɪət]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1、mis- "wrongly" + take.2、字面含义：take in error, take wrongly.adj. 安静的；安定的；不动的；温顺的n. 安静；和平vt. 使平息；安慰vi. 平静下来 例句： 1. The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information.房间很安静，无人主动提供更多的信息。 quiet 安静的来自拉丁语quies,静止，平和，休息，来自PIE*kweie,休息，安静，词源同while,quit. quietquiet: [14] The Latin noun quiēs meant ‘quiet’ (it came from a prehistoric Indo-European base *qwi- ‘rest’, which also produced English while and the final syllable of tranquil). From it was derived the verb quiēscere ‘be still’ (source of English quiescent [17]). Its past participle quiētus has given English quiet (and its Siamese twin coy), quit, and quite, not to mention the derived forms acquit and requite.=> acquit, coy, quit, quite, requite, tranquil, whilequiet (adj.)late 14c., "peaceable, at rest, restful, tranquil," from Old French quiet and directly from Latin quietus "calm, at rest, free from exertion," from quies (genitive quietis) "rest" (see quiet (n.)). As an adverb from 1570s. Related: Quietly; quietness.quiet (n.)c. 1300, "freedom from disturbance or conflict; calm, stillness," from Old French quiete "rest, repose, tranquility" and directly from Latin quies (genitive quietis) "a lying still, rest, repose, peace," from PIE root *kweie- (2) "to rest, be quiet" (cognates: Old Persian shiyati-, Avestan shaiti- "well-being;" Avestan shyata- "happy;" Gothic hveila, Old English hwil "space of time;" see while (n.)). Late 14c. as "inactivity, rest, repose."quiet (v.)late 14c., "subdue, lessen," from quiet (adj.) and in part from Latin quietare. From mid-15c. as "to make silent, cause to be quiet;" intransitive sense of "become quiet, be silent" is from 1791. Related: Quieted; quieting." |