mute

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n. 哑子, 哑音字母, 弱音器 a. 哑的, 无声的, 沉默的 vt. 减弱...的声音 vi. 排泄

发音

US
UK /mjuːt/
UK /mɪu̯t/

词形变化

mutes 复数 mutes 三单 muting 现在分词 muted 过去式 muted 过去分词 muter 比较级 muter mutest mutest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

哑的；沉默的；无声的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stopped consonant; a stop.

    废旧 语言学
  2. 2.

    An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.

    废旧 艺术

    As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:

  3. 3.

    A person who does not have the power of speech.

  4. 4.

    A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.

  5. 5.

    An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.

    音乐
  6. 6.

    A mute swan.

  7. 7.

    An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.

  8. 8.

    An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.

  9. 1.

    The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

v.
  1. 1.

    To silence, to make quiet.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To turn off the sound of.

    及物

    Please mute the music while I make a call.

  3. 1.

    Of a bird: to defecate.

    古体
  4. 1.

    To cast off; to moult.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Not having the power of speech; dumb.

    哑

    哑巴

  2. 2.

    Silent; not making a sound.

    缄默的

    无声的

    […] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!

  3. 3.

    Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.

  4. 4.

    Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

deaf-mute

上位词 1

deaf person

下位词 3

dummy sordino sourdine
动词

同义词 5

dull damp dampen muffle tone down

上位词 1

soften
形容词

同义词 5

dumb silent unspoken wordless tongueless

近义相关 2

inarticulate unarticulate

相关短语

mute e mute swan n. 疣鼻天鹅 mute point mute swans mute h mute cancel mute cancels mute of malice [法] 故意缄默 mute as a mouse mute points mute cornett mute cornetts mute h's mute e's mute list

词源

From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.

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