прилагательное 1) а) безмолвный, молчащий Например: to be / keep / remain / stay silent — молчать; хранить молчание The audience fell silent. — Публика замолчала. б) немой; неозвученный Например: silent film — немой фильм в) безмолвный, лишённый звуков; бесшумный Например: silent house — дом, погрузившийся в тишину silent movement — бесшумное передвижение The streets were silent. — Улицы были безмолвны. Синоним(ы): quiet, still г) молчаливый, немногословный, замкнутый Синоним(ы): reserved, secretive 2) а) безмолвный, невысказанный, необъявленный Например: He withdrew in silent protest before the vote. — Перед проведением голосования он, ни сказав ни слова, удалился (в знак протеста). Синоним(ы): mute б) умалчивающий (о чём-либо) Например: History is silent about this person. — История умалчивает об этом человеке. 3) [медицина] скрытый, латентный Например: silent infection — скрытая инфекция 4) непроизносимый (о букве)
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English sylent, from Latin silent-, silens, from present participle of silēre to be silent; akin to Gothic anasilan to cease, grow calm 1. a. making no utterance; mute, speechless b. indisposed to speak; not loquacious 2. free from sound or noise; still 3. performed or borne without utterance; unspoken Example: silent prayer Example: silent grief 4. a. making no mention Example: history is silent about this person b. not widely or generally known or appreciated Example: the silent pressures on a person in public office c. making no protest or outcry Example: the silent majority 5. unpronounced Example: the silent b in doubt 6. not exhibiting the usual signs or symptoms of presence Example: a silent infection 7. a. made without spoken dialogue Example: silent movies b. of or relating to silent movies • silently adverb • silentness noun Synonyms: silent, taciturn, reticent, reserved, secretive mean showing restraint in speaking. silent implies a habit of saying no more than is needed Example: the strong, silent type. taciturn implies a temperamental disinclination to speech and usually connotes unsociability Example: taciturn villagers. reticent implies a reluctance to speak out or at length, especially about one's own affairs Example: was reticent about his plans. reserved implies reticence and suggests the restraining influence of caution or formality in checking easy informal conversational exchange Example: greetings were brief, formal, and reserved. secretive too, implies reticence but usually carries a suggestion of deviousness and lack of frankness or of an often ostentatious will to conceal Example: the secretive research and development division. II. noun a motion picture made without spoken dialogue — usually used in plural