| 单词 | muffle |
| 释义 | muffle muffle1 /muf"euhl/, v. , muffled, muffling, n. v.t. 1. to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums. 2. to deaden (sound) by wrappings or other means. 3. to wrap or envelop in a cloak, shawl, coat, etc., esp. to keep warm or protect the face and neck (often fol. by up): Muffle up the children before they go out. 4. to wrap (oneself) in a garment or other covering: muffled in silk. 5. to alter temporarily the profile of (a plaster mold) in order to run a base coat of plaster that will later be covered by a finish coat having the true profile. n. 6. something that muffles. 7. muffled sound. 8. an oven or arched chamber in a furnace or kiln, used for heating substances without direct contact with the fire. [1400-50; late ME mufeln, perh. aph. form of AF *amoufler, for OF enmoufler to wrap up, muffle, deriv. of moufle mitten (see EN-1, MUFF); (def. 8) directly < F moufle lit., mitten] muffle2 /muf"euhl/, n. the thick, bare part of the upper lip and nose of ruminants and rodents. [1595-1605; < MF mufle muzzle, snout, prob. b. moufle chubby face (obscurely akin to G Muffel snout) and museau snout, MUZZLE] |
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