silence是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 寂静， 沉默v. 使沉默， 使安静，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In the midst of general silence a voice had just been heard.
-- No one breathed; a deep silence reigned on the bridge.
-- Plunged in the depths of the waters, it belonged no longer to earth: this silence was dreadful.
-- Conseil interested in spite of himself, I stupefied, awaited in silence the result of this scene.
-- I contemplated him with deep interest, analysing in silence the strange expression of his countenance.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They worked on in silence for some time, Gudrun's cheek was flushed with repressed emotion.
-- The sisters passed in silence through the stone gateway and up the steps, on the red carpet, a policeman estimating their progress.
-- There was silence in the room.
-- There was a silence between the two men for some time, as the train ran on.
-- Between her and Gerald was this silence and this black, electric comprehension in the darkness.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced, and filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch.
-- And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
-- This time, I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, I thought, I rose and endeavoured to unhasp the casement.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The rocks of the Spy-glass re-echoed it a score of times; the whole troop of marsh-birds rose again, darkening heaven, with a simultaneous whirr; and long after that death yell was still ringing in my brain, silence had re-established its empire, and only the rustle of the redescending birds and the boom of the distant surges disturbed the languor of the afternoon.
-- Instantly I began to extricate myself and crawl back again, with what speed and silence I could manage, to the more open portion of the wood.
-- The coxswain told me how to lay the ship to; after a good many trials I succeeded, and we both sat in silence over another meal.
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