Hushing

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hush

(n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.

伊莱录入

• When the little child awoke, and when and how Charley got at it, took it out of bed, and began to walk about hushing it, I don't know. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Dead darkness lay on all the landscape, dead darkness added its own hush to the hushing dust on all the roads. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• That morning I was disposed for silence: the austere fury of the winter-day had on me an awing, hushing influence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A pause of some seconds succeeded, filled up by the low, vague hum of numbers; Miss Miller walked from class to class, hushing this indefinite sound. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There was some hushing, and the Judge went on with what he had to say to the rest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply into it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Don't think of avenging me; think only of hushing the story and protecting her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• On many a night like this, and many a worse night, I have sat on the stones of the street, hushing you in my arms. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

校对:莱斯利