adj. 无声的；装了消音器的
v. 使沉默（silence的过去分词形式）；使安静

[ adj ]
reduced to silence
<adj.all>
the silenced crowd waited expectantly

Silence \Si"lence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silenced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Silencing}.]
1. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to
hush.

Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle.
--Shak.

2. To put to rest; to quiet.

This would silence all further opposition.
--Clarendon.

These would have silenced their scruples. --Rogers.

3. To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege
of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of
preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.

The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was
silenced for nonconformity. --B. Trumbull.

4. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as,
to silence the batteries of an enemy.