单词 | muffling |
释义 | mufflingn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Obsolete. rare. That causes a person to speak indistinctly. ΘΚΠ 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 That muffles (muffle v.1); esp. that conceals or obscures. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1567adj.11616adj.21638 |
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