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

单词

mute

释义

adjective | verb | noun

mutemute1 /myut/ adjective

ETYMOLOGYmute¹

Origin: 1300-1400 French muet, from Latin mutus

1not speaking, or refusing to speak: The kid stared at me in a state of mute fear.2old-fashioned unable to speak3eng. lang. arts not pronounced SYN silent: a mute “e”—mutely adverb—muteness noun [uncountable]

adjective | verb | noun

mutemute2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

mute

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mute
	he, she, it	mutes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	muted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have muted
	he, she, it	has muted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had muted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mute
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have muted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am muting
	he, she, it	is muting
	you, we, they	are muting
Past	I, he, she, it	was muting
	you, we, they	were muting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been muting
	he, she, it	has been muting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been muting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be muting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been muting

1to reduce the level or degree of a feeling or activity: The senator’s remarks have muted public criticism.2to make a sound quieter, or make it disappear completely: I usually mute the TV during the commercials.3eng. lang. arts to make a musical instrument sound softer

adjective | verb | noun

mutemute3 noun [countable] 1eng. lang. arts something that is placed over or into a musical instrument to make it sound softer2old-fashioned someone who cannot speak → see also deaf-mute

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