mute
英 [mju?t]
美[mjut]
- adj. 啞的；沉默的；無聲的
- vt. 減弱……的聲音；使……柔和
- n. 啞巴；弱音器；閉鎖音
- n. (Mute)人名；(塞)穆特
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詞態變化
復數:?mutes;第三人稱單數:?mutes;過去式:?muted;過去分詞:?muted;現在分詞:?muting;
中文詞源
mute 靜音的，不作聲的，啞的
來自拉丁語mutus,安靜的，來自希臘語myein,合上，合嘴，來自PIE*meue,發噓聲，擬聲詞。引申詞義靜音的，不作聲的，啞的等。
英文詞源
- mute (adj.)
- late 14c., mewet "silent," from Old French muet "dumb, mute" (12c.), diminutive of mut, mo, from Latin mutus "silent, speechless, dumb," probably from imitative base *meue- (cognates: Sanskrit mukah "dumb," Greek myein "to be shut," of the mouth). Form assimilated in 16c. to Latin mutus.
- mute (v.)
- "deaden the sound of," 1861, from mute (n.). Related: Muted; muting.
- mute (n.)
- 1570s, "stage actor in a dumb show;" 1610s as "person who does not speak," from mute (adj.). Musical sense first recorded 1811 of stringed instruments, 1841, of horns.
雙語例句
- 1. He sat mute, speechless with ecstasy, gazing into the sky.
- 他靜靜坐著，凝視天空，一言不發，心馳神往。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.
- 我默默地向葆拉投去懇求的目光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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后失聲了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He could watch her standing mute by the phone.
- 他能看到她一聲不響地站在電話旁。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a look of mute appeal
- 默默請求的表情
來自《權威詞典》