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

noun | verb

muzzlemuzzle1 /ˈmʌzəl/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYmuzzle¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French musel, from muse mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus

1science, biology the nose and mouth of an animal such as a dog or horse2something that you put over a dog’s mouth to stop it from biting people3the end of the barrel of a gun

noun | verb

muzzlemuzzle2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

muzzle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	muzzle
	he, she, it	muzzles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	muzzled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have muzzled
	he, she, it	has muzzled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had muzzled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will muzzle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have muzzled

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

1to put a muzzle over a dog’s mouth so that it cannot bite people2to prevent someone from speaking freely or expressing opinions: Frequently, employees are muzzled or fired.