دیکشنری فارسی

keep quiet

ریشه و کاربرد

ریشه

Derived from the verb 'keep' (Old English 'cepan' meaning 'to seize, hold') and 'quiet' (Middle English 'quiete' from Old French, based on Latin 'quietus', past participle of 'quiescere' 'to be still', from 'quies' 'quiet').

مثال

  • Please keep quiet during the performance.
  • He was told to keep quiet about the incident.
  • The teacher asked the students to keep quiet.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Keep quiet about something Keep quiet during something Keep quiet in a situation

تعریف انگلیسی

verb
  1. refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information “Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!” “Somebody ----s”

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