英语词汇“as mute as a fish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Proverbial phrases. as mute as a fish (also fishes). Also (British regional) as mute as a mackerel (also maid, mouse, picture, poker, statue, stone).

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > [adjective] > silent or not uttering

mutec1400

as mute as a mackerel (also maid, mouse, picture, poker, statue, stone)c1425

whust1573

tacit1604

as mute as a fish (also fishes)1620

tacent1652

non-speaking1911

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3156 (MED) Þe..porter..roof his chawle boon, Þat he fil ded, mvet as a stoon.

c1430 Compleynt in J. Schick Lydgate's Temple of Glas (1891) App. 59 A tunge I haue, but wordys none, But stonde mut as a stone.

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6267 (MED) Thogh they with anger be assayled, They be as Muet as a ston.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 67 Be thou eke as mewet as a mayde.

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 38 What wife he shall haue..whether she shall be as mute as a Fish, or haue a tongue as loude as a Fish-Wife.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. E3 Be silent, mute, Mute as a statue.

1709 C. Cibber Rival Fools ii. 22 I am mute as..a Goose in a Hay-Reek.

1760 S. Foote Minor i. 24 Sir Will: You can be secret as well as serviceable. Shift: Mute as a mackrel.

1761 E. Raper Jrnl. 16 Mar. in Receipt Bk. (1924) 30 If he had chose to say the handsome thing..—but he was mute as a picture.

1807 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1808) 11 3 The members as mute as fishes gaping for loaves.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxviii. 339 Damme, sir, if he wasn't as mute as a poker.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. v. 120 They one and all..became suddenly as mute as mice.

1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer i, in 'Twixt Land & Sea 109 He remained as mute as a fish.

1983 J. Jones Dostoevsky (BNC) 257 One grey-haired captain..sat and sat not saying a word, mute as a mackerel.

单词	as mute as a fish
释义	> as lemmas as mute as a fish (also fishes) b. Proverbial phrases. as mute as a fish (also fishes). Also (British regional) as mute as a mackerel (also maid, mouse, picture, poker, statue, stone). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > [adjective] > silent or not uttering mutec1400 as mute as a mackerel (also maid, mouse, picture, poker, statue, stone)c1425 whust1573 tacit1604 as mute as a fish (also fishes)1620 tacent1652 non-speaking1911 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 3156 (MED) Þe..porter..roof his chawle boon, Þat he fil ded, mvet as a stoon. c1430 Compleynt in J. Schick Lydgate's Temple of Glas (1891) App. 59 A tunge I haue, but wordys none, But stonde mut as a stone. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6267 (MED) Thogh they with anger be assayled, They be as Muet as a ston. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 67 Be thou eke as mewet as a mayde. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 38 What wife he shall haue..whether she shall be as mute as a Fish, or haue a tongue as loude as a Fish-Wife. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. E3 Be silent, mute, Mute as a statue. 1709 C. Cibber Rival Fools ii. 22 I am mute as..a Goose in a Hay-Reek. 1760 S. Foote Minor i. 24 Sir Will: You can be secret as well as serviceable. Shift: Mute as a mackrel. 1761 E. Raper Jrnl. 16 Mar. in Receipt Bk. (1924) 30 If he had chose to say the handsome thing..—but he was mute as a picture. 1807 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1808) 11 3 The members as mute as fishes gaping for loaves. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxviii. 339 Damme, sir, if he wasn't as mute as a poker. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. v. 120 They one and all..became suddenly as mute as mice. 1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer i, in 'Twixt Land & Sea 109 He remained as mute as a fish. 1983 J. Jones Dostoevsky (BNC) 257 One grey-haired captain..sat and sat not saying a word, mute as a mackerel. extracted from muteadj.n.³ < as lemmas
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