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哪些短语可以表示闭嘴

1. Button it
 
"Button it, ok. I'm trying to think!"
“闭嘴好吗,我在思考呢!”
 
2. Cork it
 
"Shhh, cork it and listen to him."
“嘘,别说了,好好听他说。”
 
注:“put a cork in it”更常用。
 
3. Pipe down
 
"Come on, everyone. Pipe down or else you will all get detention!"
“所有人安静,否则留堂处分!”
 
4. Shut your pie hole/Shut your cake hole
 
"Just shut your pie hole, man."
“闭上你的嘴!”
 
注:这句是《阿凡达》的台词哦!
 
有人说pie hole 多用于美式口语,其实现在pie hole, cake hole在英式美式中都很广泛应用,比如典型的英式电影《帕丁顿熊》里的老奶奶就是用“Shut your pie hole ” ,老师也更喜欢用pie hole哦,这个说起来比cake hole 更口语化。
 
5. Put a sock in it (英式英语)
 
I've had enough of your moaning for one day. Why don't you put a sock in it?
这一天我都在听你抱怨,安静一点行不行啊!
 
注:有时候你也会听到“put a cork in it”,意思是一样的。
 
6. Wind your neck in
 
"Why don't you just wind your neck in for once and listen to what I have to say?"
“为什么你就不能闭嘴好好听我说呢?”
 
7. Simmer down
 
Ok, children. I need you all to simmer down and listen to Jason’s story.
好的,孩子们,现在我需要你们安静下来听杰森的故事。
 
注:这句话并不粗鲁,也没有冒犯的意思,只是用在非正式场合。
 
8. Zip your lips/Zip it!
 
I've heard enough of your nonsense, mate. Now zip it!
哥们,你说的废话我都听够了,现在可以闭嘴了吧!