still
US: /ˈstɪɫ/
UK: /stˈɪl/
UK: /stˈɪl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
still /stil/
- tính từ
- im, yên, tĩnh mịch
- to stand still: đứng im
- a still lake: mặt hồ yên lặng
- to be in still meditation: trầm tư mặc tưởng
- làm thinh, nín lặng
- to keep a still tongue in one's head: làm thinh, nín lặng
- không sủi bọt (rượu, bia...)
- the still small voice
- tiếng nói của lương tâm
- still waters run deep
- (xem) deep
- im, yên, tĩnh mịch
- phó từ
- vẫn thường, thường, vẫn còn
- he is still here: nó vẫn còn ở đây
- tuy nhiên, ấy thế mà
- he is old and still he is able: ông ấy già rồi ấy thế mà vẫn có đủ năng lực
- hơn nữa
- still greater achievements: những thành tựu to lớn hơn nữa
- vẫn thường, thường, vẫn còn
- danh từ
- sự yên lặng, sự yên tĩnh, sự tĩnh mịch
- in the still of night: trong sự yên tĩnh của ban đêm
- bức ảnh chụp (khác với bức ảnh in ra từ một cuốn phim chiếu bóng)
- (thông tục) bức tranh tĩnh vật
- sự yên lặng, sự yên tĩnh, sự tĩnh mịch
- ngoại động từ
- làm cho yên lặng, làm cho bất động
- làm cho yên lòng, làm cho êm, làm cho dịu
- to still someone's fear: làm cho ai bớt sợ
- nội động từ
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) lặng, lắng đi
- the wind stills: gió lặng
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) lặng, lắng đi
- danh từ
- máy cất; máy cất rượu
- máy cất; máy cất rượu
- ngoại động từ
- chưng cất; cất (rượu)
Advanced English dictionary
adverb, adjective, noun, verb
+ adverb
1 continuing until a particular point in time and not finishing: I wrote to them last month and I'm still waiting for a reply. + Mum, I'm still hungry! + Do you still live at the same address? + There's still time to change your mind. + It was, and still is, my favourite movie.
2 in spite of what has just been said: Although he promised faithfully to come, I still didn't think he would. + We searched everywhere but we still couldn't find it. + The weather was cold and wet. Still, we had a great time.
3 used for making a comparison stronger: The next day was warmer still. + If you can manage to get two tickets that's better still.
4 ~ more / another even more: There was still more bad news to come.
Idioms see LESS adv.
+ adjective
1 not moving; calm and quiet: still water + Keep still while I brush your hair. + The kids found it hard to stay still. + Can't you sit still? + We stayed in a village where time has stood still (= life has not changed for many years).
2 with no wind: a still summer's day + the still night air
3 (BrE) (of a drink) not containing bubbles of gas; not FIZZY: still mineral water
Idioms: the still of the night (literary) the time during the night when it is silent and calm
a / the still small voice (literary) the voice of God or your CONSCIENCE, that tells you to do what is morally right
still waters run deep (saying) a person who seems to be quiet or shy may surprise you by knowing a lot or having deep feelings
+ noun
1 a photograph of a scene from a film/movie or video: a publicity still from his new movie + The police studied the stills from the security video.
2 a piece of equipment that is used for making strong alcoholic drinks: a whisky still
See also -
+ verb (literary) to become calm and quiet; to make sth calm and quiet: [V] The wind stilled. + [VN] She spoke quietly to still the frightened child. + (figurative) to still sb's doubts / fears
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 quiet, serene, placid, calm, tranquil, motionless, unmoving, peaceful, pacific, at rest, quiescent, even, flat, smooth, inert, stationary, undisturbed, unruffled:
In the moonlight, the lake lay still and dark.
2 silent, quiet, noiseless, soundless; hushed, restful, Literary stilly:
Be still or they'll hear you! In the still night I heard the distant sound of an owl.
n.
3 stillness, hush, quiet, silence, tranquillity, noiselessness, peacefulness, calm:
In the still of the evening came the call of the nightingale.
adv.
4 even now, to or till or until this or that time, (up) till or until now, yet:
Henry came for dinner five years ago, and he's here still. Do you still smoke?
5 even, in addition:
Hugh weighed twenty stone when you last saw him, but he's heavier still today.
6 notwithstanding, yet, even then:
Are you still going to Sue's party, despite what she said?.
7 motionless(ly), quiet(ly), silent(ly), stock-still:
Lie still while I put on this bandage.
conj.
8 however, but, notwithstanding, nevertheless, even so, in any event, in any case:
She said she'd be here; still, you never know, she may come later.
v.
9 calm, allay, assuage, alleviate, relieve, silence, lull, quiet(en), pacify, soothe, mollify, appease, subdue, suppress:
A few kind words and she had stilled my fears.
Collocation dictionary
1 not moving
VERBS
be, hold, keep, lie, sit, stand, stay
Hold still a minute while I pin your dress up. For goodness' sake, sit still!
| hold sb/sth, keep sb/sth
I held the cat still while the vet gave the injection.
ADV.
very | absolutely, quite, stock-
He stood stock-still, hardly daring to breathe.
2 calm and quiet
VERBS
be, look, seem | become, go
Suddenly everything went still.
| remain
ADV.
very | completely
It was a completely still, warm evening.
| strangely
The air was strangely still and silent.
Concise English dictionary
stills|stilled|stilling|stiller|stilleststɪl
noun
+a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
+(poetic) tranquil silence
+an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
+a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
verb
+make calm or still
+cause to be quiet or not talk
+lessen the intensity of or calm
+make motionless
adj.
+not in physical motion
+marked by absence of sound
+(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
+used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion
+not sparkling
+free from noticeable current
adv.
+with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation
+despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
+to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
+without moving or making a sound
