| 单词 | mute |
| 释义 | mute adj., n., & v. --adj 1. silent, refraining from or temporarily bereft of speech. 2. not emitting articulate sound. 3. (of a person or animal) dumb. 4. not expressed in speech (mute protest). 5. a (of a letter) not pronounced. b (of a consonant) plosive. 6. (of hounds) not giving tongue. --n 1. a dumb person (a deaf mute). 2. Mus. a a clamp for damping the resonance of the strings of a violin etc. b a pad or cone for damping the sound of a wind instrument. 3. an unsounded consonant. 4. an actor whose part is in a dumb show. 5. a dumb servant in oriental countries. 6. a hired mourner. --vtr. 1. deaden, muffle, or soften the sound of (a thing, esp. a musical instrument). 2. a tone down, make less intense. b (as muted adj.) (of colours etc.) subdued (a muted green). Phrases and idioms mute button a device on a telephone etc. to temporarily prevent the caller from hearing what is being said at the receiver's end. mute swan the common white swan. Derivatives mutely adv. muteness n. Etymology: ME f. OF muet, dimin. of mu f. L mutus, assim. to L |
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