单词：stills
n (poetic) tranquil silence
n 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
n a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
v make calm or still
v cause to be quiet or not talk
v lessen the intensity of or calm
v make motionless
still的用法和样例：
例句
- Beware of silent dog and still water.提防不吠的犬,小心静止的水。
- The room was still at the end of the speech.演讲结束的时候，房间里寂静无声。
- Although she felt ill, she still went to work.她虽然觉得身体不舒服，但仍然去上班了。
- Although he is eighty,he is still very much alive.他虽有八十岁了,但仍然充满了活力。
- The whole world stood still righ there.全世界在这时静止了。
- The food stilled the baby's cries.食物使婴儿停止了哭泣。
常见句型
- It was a hot still airless day.那是无风、闷热的一天。
- How still everything is!一切都是多么的寂静!
- Keep still while I fasten shoe.站着别动,我给你系鞋带。
- On Sunday the great flywheels of the power station are still.每到星期天发电厂巨大的转轮便停止工作了。
- It was so still you could have heard a pin drop.这是那样的寂静,连一根针落地的声音你都可以听到。
- The fish is still alive.这条鱼还活着。
- I am sure she is not still studying.我可以肯定,她现在还没有学习。
- I'm still not sure what you mean.我还不明白你到底是什么意思。
- I still haven't heard from her.我还是没有收到她的来信。
- What are you still working?I thought you had gone home.你怎么还在工作?我原以为你早就回家了。
- I need you still.我还需要你。
- My mother has treated me badly, still, she's my mother.我母亲待我很不好,但她终归是我的母亲。
- It is cold now, but it'll be still colder tonight.现在很冷,但今晚更冷。
词汇搭配
- still day无风的一天
- still evening寂静的夜晚
- still forest寂静的森林
- still lake平静的湖面
- perfectly still全然寂静
- stand〔stay〕 still站着不动
- keep〔sit〕 still静立〔坐着〕不动
经典引文
In the still of the night, when every one..were at rest.
出自：E. TopsellHe was the only thing that broke up the still of the water.
出自：T. KeneallyBeneath the ray Of the still moon.
出自：ShelleyThe dance is over, but she can't keep her feet still.
出自：H. CaineIn the corner..so still that she was invisible at first sat a very old lady.
出自：L. DurrellWe are..grateful that the guns are stilled.
出自：A. E. StevensonHugh stole mangoes..to still their hunger.
出自：S. WynterThe bartender stilled his cloth on the bar.
出自：E. WeltyHe tried to still the incessant chatter.
出自：G. SayerPain..powerful enough to still me into immobility.
出自：M. SpuffordTime here had been standing still.
出自：A. MooreheadI can't sit still these days, I'm too nervous.
出自：I. MurdochHe groaned and lay still.
出自：H. SecombeHuman beings never stand still,..nor do their relationships.
出自：J. Trollope
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