كيف تنطق "dead silence"

expression

ˈdɛd/ /ˈsaɪɫəns

DED SY-luns

dˈɛd/ /sˈaɪləns

DED SY-luns

التعريف

Complete and total silence, with no sound at all. Often used to describe awkward or tense moments when nobody speaks.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈdɛd/ /ˈsaɪɫəns

الإنجليزية البريطانية

dˈɛd/ /sˈaɪləns

أمريكي

DED SY-luns

بريطاني

DED SY-luns

There was dead silence in the room after the teacher shouted.

Suddenly, a dead silence filled the theater.

After I dropped the glass, there was dead silence.

When I told my joke, there was dead silence—no one even cracked a smile.