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单词 muffling
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mufflingn.

Brit. /ˈmʌflɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməf(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s mofling, 1600s– muffling.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muffle v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < muffle v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of muffle v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Also (in singular and plural): garments or material used for muffling or wrapping oneself up.Recorded earliest in compounds.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun]
hiding?c1225
heelinga1250
hidea1300
hillinga1300
coverturec1374
tapinage1390
concealing1421
hodymokec1450
occultation1453
concelising1492
blindnessa1616
concealmenta1616
shrouding1615
back-hood1621
absconsion1649
screening1651
obvelation1664
muffling1788
tucking1810
smokescreening1922
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > muffling
enmuffling1611
muffling1788
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > that covers or wraps
band1568
vele1580
muffler1698
pilgrim1740
muffling1821
wraparound1877
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > deadening
muffle1734
muffler1856
muffling1897
burglar's plaster1905
snubbing1951
bloop1953
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii A moflinge chete, a napkyn.
1610 J. Mason Turke II. iii. sig. E3v Phego doe you espie no motions behind the arras, no squals, mufflings, or pages standing sentinell?
1788 F. Burney Diary 20 Nov. (1842) IV. 320 The face was much hid by the muffling of the high collar to the great coat.
1821 W. Scott Pirate III. ix. 195 Throw back your mufflings from your faces, and don't be afraid, my..Lindamiras.
1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. vii. 261 European visitors are glad to recall associations of England by producing their winter muffling and surtouts.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 45 The area of cardiac dulness increases, and there is muffling of the sound over the mid-cardiac region.
1908 Let. from glass-manufacturer (Birmingham) We speak of the ‘muffling’ of the glass being good or bad according as the glass is well or badly ‘muffled’. These are the only parts of an imaginary verb ‘to muffle’ which are used.
1990 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 86/2 The sonorous mufflings, the excitement of what one loves but cannot have, enhance Vuillard's art.
1997 Daily Tel. 7 May 30/7 The saw mill would have environmental officers insisting on ever higher levels of muffling and noise insulation.

Compounds

muffling box n. rare a device for silencing the escape of steam from a steam engine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > device for reducing noise
muffler1895
muffling box1896
1896 Cosmopolitan Feb. 422/1 The exhaust passing through the muffling box.
muffling cheat n. [ < muffling n. + cheat n.1 3] Obsolete slang a napkin.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > napkin or serviette
napkin1384
muckender1420
napetc1422
savernapron1422
browera1475
serviette1490
serviter1522
muffling cheat1567
diapera1616
doily1711
paper napkin1847
lap-cloth1849
1567Mofling chete [see main sense].
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. iv. 33/1 Muffling cheat, a Napkin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mufflingadj.1

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: muffle v.1, -ing suffix2; maffling n. and adj. at maffle v. Derivatives.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < muffle v.1 + -ing suffix2, or perhaps a variant of maffling n. and adj. at maffle v. Derivatives. Compare slightly later muffle v.2
Obsolete. rare.
That causes a person to speak indistinctly.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling
mumblinga1450
fumbling1532
muttering1567
maffling1577
muffling1616
mussitant1678
mumbly1849
1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. i. B 4 If forsooth one clad in purple cloth's, Snaffle some mustie stuff through's muffling nose [L. quiddam balba de nare locutus].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

mufflingadj.2

Brit. /ˈmʌflɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməf(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see muffle v.1 and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muffle v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < muffle v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That muffles (muffle v.1); esp. that conceals or obscures.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective]
concealing1421
hiding1483
veiling?1591
palliative1611
shrouding1623
muffling1638
maskinga1652
screening?a1656
wimpling1747
secretive1830
secludinga1851
hideaway1876
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] > preventing from speaking
muffling1638
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > and concealing
veiling?1591
shrouding1623
muffling1638
wimpling1747
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective] > deadening
muffling1876
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Job (1648) xxxiv. 50 No mufling Clouds, nor Shades Infernall, can From his inquiry hide offending Man.
1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 257 The Skies their muffling Mantles fling Away.
1717 A. Maynwaring in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses v. 171 In muffling Clouds my Virgin Head was veil'd.
1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 94 Loth was he to move From the imprinted couch, and when he did, 'Twas with slow, languid paces, and face hid In muffling hands.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xlix. 378 Before I could turn, some dark muffling substance fell between my sight and the sun, and I felt a fierce strain at my throat.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lii. 53 Sometimes it occurs to Jacob that Hebrew will be more edifying to him if he stops his ears with his palms, and imitates the venerable sounds as heard through that muffling medium.
1904 H. James Golden Bowl viii. 138 The fine tissue of reassurance woven by this lady's hands and flung over her companion as a light muffling veil.
1947 D. Thomas Let. 30 June (1987) 647 The nights are almost intolerably muffling, airless, mosquitoed.
1992 B. Morgan Random Passage iv. 52 Outside..voices rise hollow and disembodied out of the muffling stillness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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