The students had to keep silent during the exam. 学生们必须在考试时保持安静。
A modern day silent film about getting to know each other without saying a word.
这是一部当代无声电影。它讲的是人们怎样不通过语言而相互认识。
ADJ-GRADED. 沉默的;不说话的. Someone who is silent is not speaking.
It's quite silent in the forest.
森林里很安静。
※Painting is silent poetry,and poetry is a speaking picture. 画是无言之诗,诗是有声之画。 ※Painting is silent poetry , and poetry is a apeaking picture.——Simonides, ancient Greek writer画是无言之诗,诗是有声之画。古希腊作家 西蒙尼特斯 ※Beware of a silent dog and still water. 警惕无声之狗会咬人,平静之水会覆舟。