mute是什么意思？

mute

英[mju:t] 美[mjut]

• 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；

复数：mutes;

第三人称单数：mutes;

过去式：muted;

过去分词：muted;

现在分词：muting;

例句

• The word “debt” contains a mute letter. 在debt这个词中有一个不发音的字母。
• The child has been mute since birth. 这孩子从生下来就不能讲话。
• The boy is mute and deaf. 这男孩既聋又哑。
• He is mute on the subject of social system. 他对社会制度的问题保持沉默。
• The class remained mute when the teacher asked a difficult question. 老师问到难题时, 全班都沉默无言。
• She gave me her hand with mute thanks. 她向我伸手表示无言的谢意。
• 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。
• Fig 4 . Jesus Christ, why not mute this dog and turn screenwriter? 老王:神阿, 你为什么不让这只狗闭嘴,把他变成个编剧?
• Some ornithologists only Mute Swan classified as a swan. 有些鸟类学家只将疣鼻天鹅归为天鹅属.
• In the traditional citadels of Christendom, grey Gothic cathedrals stand mute witnesses to a rejected faith. 在传统基督教的大本营, 灰白色的哥特式大教堂寂寥的屹立着,默默地看着被背弃的信仰.

同义词

• adj.
  mute的同义词之：哑的;无言的
  speechless, voiceless, silent, dumb,
• mute的同义词之：其他释义
  dampen, speechless, soften, voiceless, muffle, dumb, silent, hush,

反义词

• adj.
  mute的反义词之：哑的;沉默的
  talkative, deaf,
• mute的反义词之：其他释义
  deaf,

同义词解析

• 以下这两个形容词均有"哑的，不能说话的" 的意思
  dumb：可与mute换用，但dumb指根本没有说话能力或失去了说话能力。
  mute：多指因后天疾病而引起的聋哑，有时也指因故不说话。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  缄默的;哑口无言的
  Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak.
  例句
  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。
• ADJ
  哑的;不能说话的
  Someone who is mute is unable to speak.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  抑制(情感);减弱，缓和(活动强度)
  If someone mutes something such as their feelings or their activities, they reduce the strength or intensity of them.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  降低，减弱(音量)
  If you mute a noise or sound, you lower its volume or make it less distinct.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  （乐器上的）弱音器
  A mute is a device which can be used to make a musical instrument produce a quieter, softer sound.

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  缄默的; 无声的
  She gave me her hand with mute thanks. 她向我伸手表示无言的谢意。 The class remained mute when the teacher asked a difficult question. 老师问到难题时, 全班都沉默无言。 He is mute on the subject of social system. 他对社会制度的问题保持沉默。
  哑的, 不会说话的
  The boy is mute and deaf. 这男孩既聋又哑。 The child has been mute since birth. 这孩子从生下来就不能讲话。
  (字母)不发音的
  The word “debt” contains a mute letter. 在debt这个词中有一个不发音的字母。
• vt.
  消除(声音), 减轻(声音)
  The strings are muted throughout the closing bars of the symphony. 该交响曲结束部分各节中的弦乐全为弱化音。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
  2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
• Verb
  1. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
• Adjective
  1. expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate;
  "a mute appeal""a silent curse""best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson"the words stopped at her lips unsounded""unspoken grief""choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
  2. lacking power of speech
  3. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

行业词典

• 医学： 哑的；哑人；
  地球物理学： 消减[噪声]；