stillness

英 [ˈstɪlnəs]

美 [ˈstɪlnəs]

n.  静止; 安静; 宁静

复数：stillnesses　

CET6

BNC.10585 / COCA.11128

牛津词典

noun

• 静止；安静；宁静
  the quality of being quiet and not moving
  1. The sound of footsteps on the path broke the stillness.
     小路上的脚步声打破了宁静。

英英释义

noun

• (poetic) tranquil silence
  1. the still of the night
  Synonym:hushstill
• a state of no motion or movement
  1. the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
  Synonym:motionlessnesslifelessness
• calmness without winds
  Synonym:windlessness

双语例句

• In lucid stillness, I felt myself and Tom and sky and earth and God as one.
  在一片肃穆中，我感到自己、汤姆、天空、大地及上帝溶为一体。
• In the stillness of night could be heard the ringing of a distant bell.
  更深人静的时候可以听到远处的钟声。
• Stillness and solitude are essential things they will always need.
  他们总需要两样重要东西：安静和孤独。
• I created from a point of stillness through Light motion.
  我经由“光”之运动，从一个静止点而创造。
• Here, then, is an art that reveals fullness in emptiness and motion in stillness.
  这便是在空虚中揭示充实的艺术，也是以静显动。
• The striking of the steel plate broke the stillness.
  敲打钢板的声音打破了寂静。
• I climb down that ladder into my own hub of stillness.
  我爬下阶梯，进入自己的寂静中心。
• What is required now is that Muslims should wake up from their stillness and long-time sleep.
  现在需要的就是穆斯林们应该从他们的无动于衷和沉睡中清醒过来了。
• His figures, too, had a medieval solidity, dignity and stillness about them.
  他的形状，也具有中世纪的坚固，端庄和沉静。
• What is so baffling and mysterious about the state of Being is that it represents both stillness and movement.
  存在的状态之所以如此变幻莫测、难以理解，就是因为它同时表现了静止和运动。