hush

黙らせる、静かにさせる

人に話すのをやめさせたり、音を立てないようにさせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone stop talking or making noise.

• She hushed the baby gently.
• He raised a hand to hush the crowd.
• Please hush the children while I make this call.

類義語： silence, quiet

よく使う表現： hush someone, hush a baby, hush the crowd

静まる、黙る

音を立てるのをやめたり、静かになったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To stop making noise or become quieter.

• The crowd hushed when she appeared.
• Their voices hushed as the door opened.
• Even the birds seemed to hush at sunset.

類義語： fall silent, quiet down

よく使う表現： hush suddenly, hush into silence

和らげる、鎮める

不安や恐れ、痛みを落ち着かせたり弱めたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To calm a feeling of worry, fear, or pain.

• Her kind words hushed his fears.
• The familiar music hushed her troubled heart.
• He hoped the news would hush their worries.

類義語： soothe, allay, calm

よく使う表現： hush someone’s fears, hush the pain

勢いよく流れる、ほとばしる

速く、強い勢いで流れたり動いたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To flow or move quickly and strongly.

• Water hushed down the rocky slope.
• The stream hushed past the old mill.
• After the storm, muddy water hushed through the valley.

類義語： gush, rush

よく使う表現： hush down something, hush over rocks

静寂、静けさ

特に音がやんだ後の、静かなひととき。

やさしい英語で： A period of quiet, especially when noise has just stopped.

• A hush fell over the crowd.
• Her loud laugh broke the hush.
• We waited in an expectant hush for the result.

使い方： a hush falls over something (A hush fell over the room when the music stopped.)

類義語： silence, stillness

反対語： noise

よく使う表現： a sudden hush, an expectant hush, hush fell

洗掘用水

土を洗い流して岩や金属を含む物質を露出させるための水。

やさしい英語で： Water used to wash soil away and uncover rock or metal-bearing material.

• The hush washed soil off the rock.
• Miners released the hush from a small reservoir.
• The channel carried the hush toward the exposed ore.

よく使う表現： release the hush, hush water

水力採掘跡

金属を含む物質に届くよう、水で土や岩を取り除く鉱山の場所。

やさしい英語で： An area in a mine where flowing water removes soil or rock to reach metal-bearing material.

• An old hush crosses the hillside.
• The miners searched the hush for more ore.
• Water had cut a deep hush below the reservoir.

よく使う表現： an old hush, a mining hush