mute
adj. 緘默的; 啞的; 無聲的; (字母)不發音的
n. 啞巴; (樂器上的)弱音器
vt. 減輕(聲音); 使…柔和
Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak.
He was mute, distant, and indifferent...
他一句話也不說,顯得疏遠而冷漠。
I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.
我默默地向葆拉投去懇求的目光。
Someone who is mute is unable to speak.
Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.
公爵的女兒瑪麗安娜在遭受了一次電擊後失聲了。
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.
腐敗似乎沒有影響國家經濟的持續繁榮。
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...
他們開始壓低嗓門,不再那麼肯定了。
At first the wooded hillsides muted the sounds.
最初長滿樹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
這兩個形容詞均有"啞的,不能說話的"之意。
Sometimes when her friend asked her questions, she pretended to be deaf and mute.
有時她朋友問她問題時, 她裝聾作啞.
Use # 6 to mute yourself , # 7 undue and ask questions.
要靜音, 輸入 #6.取消靜音並提問, 輸入 #7.
He is mute on the subject of social system.
他對社會制度的問題保持沉默.
But Fernand, instead of responding to this amiable gesture, remained mute and trembling.
但弗爾南多對這個友好的表示毫無反映, 依舊象一尊石像似的一動也不動.
Her daughter was mute after a serious illness.
她的女兒在一場重病之後失去了說話能力.
adj. 啞的;無言的
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