hush

• vt.静かにする；静かにする；静かにする
• n.静かにする；声をひそめる；沈黙する
• vi. 静かにする；静かにする
• しずめる；音を立てない

擬音語。

hush (v.)

1540s, variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Related: Hushed; hushing. The noun is attested from 1680s. As an interjection meaning "be quiet," attested by c. 1600. To hush (one's) mouth "be quiet" is attested from 1878. Hush up "suppress talk for secrecy's sake" is from 1630s. Hush-money is attested from 1709. Hush-puppy "deep-fried ball of cornmeal batter" first attested 1899; as a type of lightweight soft shoe, it is a proprietary name, registered 1961.

1. The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.

部は必死に事件全体を隠そうとした。

2.The Conservative Government was only too quick to hush him up.

保守党政府はすぐに彼の口をふさいだ。

3.The crime was so base that everyone wanted to hush it up.

という犯罪はこのように卑怯で恥知らずで、みんなは声を出したくない。

4.I had to box Max 's ears to get him to hush .

マックスを殴って黙らせなければならなかった。

5.Apparently there 's a very hush - hush project under way up north.

ここから北に向かう場所には非常に機密的なプロジェクトが進行しているようです。