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单词 muffle
释义 muffle
1.
v. & n.
--vtr.
  1. (often foll. by up) wrap or cover for warmth.
  2. cover or wrap up (a source of sound) to reduce its loudness.
  3. (usu. as muffled adj.) stifle (an utterance, e.g. a curse).
  4. prevent from speaking.
--n
  1. a receptacle in a furnace where substances may be heated without contact with combustion products.
  2. a similar chamber in a kiln for baking painted pottery.
Etymology: ME: (n.) f. OF moufle thick glove; (v.) perh. f. OF enmoufler f. moufle
2.
n. the thick part of the upper lip and nose of ruminants and rodents.
Etymology: F mufle, of unkn. orig.
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