Someone who is silent is not speaking.
Trish was silent because she was reluctant to put her thoughts into words.
特里希一言不发,因为她不愿意把她的想法说出来。
He spoke no English and was completely silent during the visit.
他不会说英语,在整个参观中一言不发。
A place that is silent is completely quiet, with no sound at all. Something that is silent makes no sound at all.
The room was silent except for the TV.
房间里只有电视的声音。
A silent film has pictures usually accompanied by music but does not have the actors' voices or any other sounds.
one of the famous silent films of Charlie Chaplin.
查理·卓别林著名的无声电影之一。
give someone the silent treatment
If you give someone the silent treatment, you do not speak to them for a period of time because you are annoyed at something they have done.
He fully expected his mother to give him the silent treatment.
他完全预料得到他母亲会长时间不跟他讲话。