It struck him really that he had never so lived with her as during this period of her silence; the silence was a sacred hush, a finer clearer medium, in which her idiosyncrasies showed.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
adv. 真，真正;实在，果真;实际上;事实上;
💡 real真实的+ly表副词 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
汤姆确实饿坏了,把端到桌上的东西吃得精光.
近义：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反义：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
n. 时期;（一段）时间;学时;句号;
adj. 具有某个时代特征的;（关于）过去某一特定历史时期的;（家具、服饰、建筑等）某一时代的;
💡 peri周围，靠近+od道路→周期
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
军事统治政权被推翻以后，接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
近义：term, time, season, spell, bout, chapter
adj. 宗教的;神圣的;受崇敬的，值得崇敬的;有宗教性质的;
💡 sacr神圣+ed...的 → 神圣的
"In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes."
非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的.
近义：holy, sacral, consecrated, divine, hallowed
反义：immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious, obscene, piacular
adj. 中等的，中级的;普通的;平均的;半生熟的;
n. 媒介物，媒质;中间，中庸，[生]培养基，培养液，颜料溶解液，[数]中数，平均，[逻]中名辞;手段，方法;中间物;
💡 medi中间+um表名词→中间物，媒介
"the government's medium-term financial strategy"
政府的中期金融策略
近义：instrument, means, vehicle, psychic, mean, median
反义：highest, illustrious, appointed, leading, magnificent, marked
n. 沉默，无言，无表示，无声，沉静，肃静，寂静，缄默;无音信，失去联系，忘却，湮没，无表示，无音讯;[乐]停止;
vt. 使安静;使沉默;压制;
💡 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)厕(ce)无人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一阵令人尴尬的沉默。
近义：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反义：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo