| 词组 | quieten down |
| 释义 | quieten down 1. quieten down • quieten sb down BrE if someone quietens down, or if you quieten them down, they become quieter and calmer after they were noisy, upset, or too active: ▪ The kids were so noisy - I spent half the lesson trying to quieten them down. ▪ Wilkinson began swearing and shouting insults. When a policewoman told him to quieten down, he punched her. ▪ He'd once been known as the 'wild boy of rock 'n' roll', but old age had quietened him down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑calm down, ↑quiet down AmE 2. quieten down if a place of a situation quietens down, it becomes quieter and less busy, because there is less activity in it: ▪ Things tend to quieten down after the Christmas rush is over. ▪ The fighting in our immediate area seems to have quietened down ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑ease off |
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