| 单词 | mute button | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasmute button   mute button  n. a control or setting which (temporarily) turns off a microphone (esp. on a phone, computer, or on videoconferencing software, etc.) so that speech and sounds are not picked up and transmitted (esp. to the other person or people connected to a phone or video call); (also) a button used to turn off the sound of a television, stereo, etc. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1984    Sunday Times 28 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 118/3  				Pressing the mute button on the keypad temporarily cuts off your caller. 1995    City Paper 		(Baltimore)	 13 Sept. 50/2  				Millions of people think, Oh, crap, not another commercial break, and smack that mute button. 1999    Courier-Jrnl. 		(Louisville, Kentucky)	 19 Jan.  a7/5  				There is an undeniable appeal to the notion of enforced silence on the usually prolix senators—the equivalent of a national mute button. 2011    M. Grothaus et al.  Taking OS X Lion to Max x. 162  				You can also mute your side of the video call by clicking the mute button. < as lemmas | 
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