mute
adj. 缄默的; 哑的; 无声的; (字母)不发音的
n. 哑巴; (乐器上的)弱音器
vt. 减轻(声音); 使…柔和
Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak.
He was mute, distant, and indifferent...
他一句话也不说,显得疏远而冷漠。
I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.
我默默地向葆拉投去恳求的目光。
Someone who is mute is unable to speak.
Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.
公爵的女儿玛丽安娜在遭受了一次电击后失声了。
If someone mutes something such as their feelings or their activities, they reduce the strength or intensity of them.
The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.
腐败似乎没有影响国家经济的持续繁荣。
If you mute a noise or sound, you lower its volume or make it less distinct.
They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive...
他们开始压低嗓门,不再那么肯定了。
At first the wooded hillsides muted the sounds.
最初长满树木的山坡吸收了噪音。
A mute is a device which can be used to make a musical instrument produce a quieter, softer sound.
1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
1. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
1. expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate;
2. lacking power of speech
3. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
dumb, mute
这两个形容词均有"哑的,不能说话的"之意。
Sometimes when her friend asked her questions, she pretended to be deaf and mute.
有时她朋友问她问题时, 她装聋作哑.
Use # 6 to mute yourself , # 7 undue and ask questions.
要静音, 输入 #6.取消静音并提问, 输入 #7.
He is mute on the subject of social system.
他对社会制度的问题保持沉默.
But Fernand, instead of responding to this amiable gesture, remained mute and trembling.
但弗尔南多对这个友好的表示毫无反映, 依旧象一尊石像似的一动也不动.
Her daughter was mute after a serious illness.
她的女儿在一场重病之后失去了说话能力.
adj. 哑的;无言的
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