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词性:|adjective|
例句1. although I longed for details, Yasmin remained mute
例句2. she gazed at him in mute appeal
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|adjective|
1.(of a letter) not pronounced.
‘ _mute_ e is generally dropped before suffixes beginning with a vowel’
2.(of a person) lacking the faculty of speech.
‘he’d been bullied into silence—people often wondered if he was actually _mute_ ’
3.(of hounds) not giving tongue while hunting.
4.Characterized by an absence of sound; quiet.
‘the great church was _mute_ and dark’
‘Above him, attached to the wall, were 25 manual typewriters with rusted and missing parts, _mute_ relics of an antiquated era in communication.’
5.Not expressed in speech.
‘she gazed at him in _mute_ appeal’
‘With _mute_ excitement I quickly snapped it up, paid and exited the store - only to suddenly realise that Durgnat wasn’t the author I had in mind when I whipped his book off the shelf.’
6.Refraining from speech or temporarily speechless.
‘Harry sat _mute_ , his cheeks burning resentfully’
‘The rest of the crowded carriage watched in _mute_ silence.’
|noun|
1.(in some Asian countries) a servant who was deprived of the power of speech.
2.A clamp placed over the bridge of a stringed instrument to deaden the resonance without affecting the vibration of the strings.
3.A device on a television, telephone, or other appliance that temporarily turns off the sound.
‘He then quietly crept downstairs to get himself a drink, consciousness now having taken a hold on him, and then he flicked around the television channels on _mute_ until his parents woke up.’
‘‘Him’, I point at the screen as I grab the remote to turn the _mute_ off.’
4.A pack of hounds.
‘the abbot had a _mute_ of hounds’
‘This _mute_ of hounds, dashing all over the pace, split the morning air with enough hideous din to frighten any fox out of the commune.’
5.A pad or cone placed in the opening of a brass or other wind instrument to soften the sound.
‘On woodwinds, a cloth bag has sometimes been tied over the instrument, and small pear-shaped wooden _mutes_ were made to fit into 18th-century oboe bells.’
‘He said there was the possibility that the disappearance of the items, which also included four red and blue glitter hats, several brass _mutes_ and three wooden music rests, was a mistake.’
6.A person lacking the faculty of speech.
‘the child remained as silent as a _mute_ ’
7.A professional attendant or mourner at a funeral.
‘an undertaker’s _mute_ ’
8.An actor in a dumbshow.
|verb|
1.Deaden, muffle, or soften the sound of.
‘her footsteps were _muted_ by the thick carpet’
‘Then again, it was a pretty windy day, and voices were _muted_ by the sound of the wind.’
2.Muffle the sound of (a musical instrument), especially by the use of a mute.
‘when _muted_ and blown hard the trombone produces a very nasal and metallic sound’
‘Use a keyboard which has shortcut keys for instantly _muting_ the sound though.’
3.Reduce the strength or intensity of.
‘his professional contentment was _muted_ by personal sadness’
‘You probably don’t want to go too light on the effect here, because the next steps will soften the grain and _mute_ its effect.’
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