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想要獲得安靜，周遭太吵？不再只會用shut up，教你更多有用的英語詞語!

1. Put a sock in it
-Couldn’t you put a sock in it? I’d love to do some work, but I can’t in this noise.
能不能把嘴閉上？你太吵了，我根本無法工作。

-Put a sock in it, there are people who are trying to sleep around here.
別說話，有人正準備睡覺呢。

2. Cork it / put a cork in it
-It’s too late and we’re fed up with your stories –cork it and go to sleep.
夜已深，而且我們聽夠你的故事了，別講了，睡吧。

-Don’t you want to work instead of talking all the time? Cork it and take your tools.
滔滔不絕地說廢話，難道你不打算工作麼？趕緊閉嘴拿上工具幹活吧。

3. Zip (up) your lip(s) / zip it up
-Zip your lips, boys, and listen to me.
孩子們，安靜，聽我說。

-We told her to be quiet, but she just couldn’t zip it up.
我們想讓她安靜，可她偏要講話。

4. Pipe down
-The teacher shouted at the kids to pipe down but all in vain, none of them stopped talking.
雖然老師拼命讓孩子們安靜下來，但徒勞無功，大家依然嘰嘰喳喳說個不停。