quiet: [14] The Latin noun quiēs meant ‘quiet’ (it came from a prehistoric Indo-European base *qwi- ‘rest’, which also produced English while and the final syllable of tranquil). From it was derived the verb quiēscere ‘be still’ (source of English quiescent [17]). Its past participle quiētus has given English quiet (and its Siamese twin coy), quit, and quite, not to mention the derived forms acquit and requite. => acquit, coy, quit, quite, requite, tranquil, while
quiet (adj.)
late 14c., "peaceable, at rest, restful, tranquil," from Old French quiet and directly from Latin quietus "calm, at rest, free from exertion," from quies (genitive quietis) "rest" (see quiet (n.)). As an adverb from 1570s. Related: Quietly; quietness.
quiet (n.)
c. 1300, "freedom from disturbance or conflict; calm, stillness," from Old French quiete "rest, repose, tranquility" and directly from Latin quies (genitive quietis) "a lying still, rest, repose, peace," from PIE root *kweie- (2) "to rest, be quiet" (cognates: Old Persian shiyati-, Avestan shaiti- "well-being;" Avestan shyata- "happy;" Gothic hveila, Old English hwil "space of time;" see while (n.)). Late 14c. as "inactivity, rest, repose."
quiet (v.)
late 14c., "subdue, lessen," from quiet (adj.) and in part from Latin quietare. From mid-15c. as "to make silent, cause to be quiet;" intransitive sense of "become quiet, be silent" is from 1791. Related: Quieted; quieting.
例文
1. The room was quiet ; no one voluntered any further information.
部屋は静かで、より多くの情報を積極的に提供する人はいません。
2.Jeremy wants some peace and quiet before his big match.
ジェレミーは大会が来る前に少しでも穏やかさと安らぎを楽しみたいと思っている。
3.The wine towns encountered are，on the whole， quiet and modest.
至るところの酒の町は総じて静かで穏やかである。
4.He was quiet ，conscientious，a bit of a plodder.
彼は何をしても黙っていて、慎重で、少し死んでいる。
5.I remember her as a quiet ，hard-working and well-spoken girl.