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《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Oh!Miss Grant," said Lord Glenarvan, raising the young girl, "if I had known of your presence—"He said no more, and there was a painful silence in the courtyard, broken only by sobs.
-- Mr. Morton conducted the service, and when he had ended and pronounced the benediction, a young girl's voice broke the solemn silence that followed.
-- Birds, quadrupeds, and reptiles were resting motionless after the fatigues of the day, and the silence of the desert brooded over the far-spreading Pampas.
-- Absolute silence reigned within the inclosure, over which the dying embers of the fire shed a fitful light.
-- A whole hour passed, and anyone except Thalcave would have lain down again on his couch, reassured by the silence round him.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Holmes sat in silence in the cab as we drove back to Baker Street, and I knew from his drawn brows and keen face that his mind, like my own, was busy in endeavouring to frame some scheme into which all these strange and apparently discon-nected episodes could be fitted.
-- Far away a chiming clock struck out the quarters of the hours, but otherwise a deathly silence lay upon the old house.
-- It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan in which it died away.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She as-sured him that no one intended to play, and the silence of the whole party on the subject seemed to justify her.
-- They stood for some time without speaking a word; and she began to imagine that their silence was to last through the two dances, and at first was resolved not to break it; till suddenly fancying that it would be the greater punishment to her partner to oblige him to talk, she made some slight observation on the dance.
-- Elizabeth preserved as steady a silence as either Mrs. Hurst or Miss Bingley; and even Lydia was too much fatigued to utter more than the occasional exclamation of 'Lord, how tired I am!'
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His eyes were fixed on Marianne, and, after a silence of some minutes, he said, with a faint smile, "Your sister, I understand, does not approve of second attachments."
-- It was engrossed by the extraordinary silence of her sister and Willoughby on the subject, which they must know to be peculiarly interesting to them all.
-- As this silence continued, every day made it appear more strange and more incompatible with the disposition of both.
-- "I confess," replied Elinor, "that every circumstance except ONE is in favour of their engagement; but that ONE is the total silence of both on the subject, and with me it almost outweighs every other."
-- After a short silence which succeeded the first surprise and enquiries of meeting, Marianne asked Edward if he came directly from London.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She received the answer in silence and backed awkwardly out.
-- So subdued was she by her weakening nerves, that she ate quite in silence going over imaginary conceptions of the character of the shoe company, the nature of the work, her employer's attitude.
-- He washed in silence and went off to read his paper.
-- He would take off his hat, and would silence the light-tongued and the vicious in her presence--much as the Irish keeper of a Bowery hall will humble himself before a Sister of Mercy, and pay toll to charity with a willing and reverent hand.
-- Once or twice he had held his peace, hoping that in silence her thoughts would take the colour of his own, but she had lightly continued the subject.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was silence for a minute and the light of the Talking Cricket disappeared suddenly, just as if someone had snuffed it out.
-- The same silence followed.
-- An embarrassingly long silence followed these words, during which time the two friends looked at each other in a mocking way.
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