Quietude

(n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.

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• Towards midnight the teasing, monotonous bark of the house-dog disturbed the quietude of their vigil. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A strange quietude settled over her look, her movements, her very voice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We were going simply to see the old trees, the old ruins; to pass a day in old times, surrounded by olden silence, and above all by quietude. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But if you married Mr. Ladislaw, not anybody else, Celia went on with persevering quietude. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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