| 1. | The great silence was broken by a loud cry .
死一般的沉静被一声大叫所打破。 |
| 2. | A stillness as of death hung over the plantation .
一个死一般的寂静笼罩在那庄园上。 |
| 3. | Everything was deadly still .
一切都死一般的沉寂。 |
| 4. | For the following week a deadly hush settled in the pacific .
在随后的一个星期中，太平洋上如死一般的沉寂。 |
| 5. | The hooting of a distant owl was all the sound that troubled the dead still .
远处一只猫头鹰唬唬的叫声是唯一打搅那死一般的沉寂的声音。 |
| 6. | She was a little beside herself, for the first time in her life shocked out of a deadly calm .
她好象有些疯了，这是她有生以来第一次从死一般的宁静中惊觉过来。 |
| 7. | One could easily believe that in that dead landscape the germs of life and fruitfulness were extinct forever .
人们很容易地相信，在这样一幅死一般的风景画中，生命的繁殖和果树的萌芽皆已绝种灭迹。 |
| 8. | It was followed by a stillness apparently as deep as if the waters had been checked in their furious progress, at such a horrid and unusual interruption .
接着是一片死一般的静寂，静得仿佛连汹涌澎湃的激流，也因这突如其来的奇怪可怕的叫声而停止。 |
| 9. | A more than deathlike silence then reigned in the house
这时，整幢房子被死一般的寂静笼罩着。 |
| 10. | The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent
读完了电报，这位年轻人陷入了死一般的沉默。 |
