mute
英 [mjuːt]美[mjut]
- adj. 哑的;沉默的;无声的
- vt. 减弱……的声音;使……柔和
- n. 哑巴;弱音器;闭锁音
- n. (Mute)人名;(塞)穆特
词态变化
复数: mutes;第三人称单数: mutes;过去式: muted;过去分词: muted;现在分词: muting;
中文词源
mute 静音的,不作声的,哑的
来自拉丁语mutus,安静的,来自希腊语myein,合上,合嘴,来自PIE*meue,发嘘声,拟声词。引申词义静音的,不作声的,哑的等。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. He sat mute, speechless with ecstasy, gazing into the sky.
- 他静静坐着,凝视天空,一言不发,心驰神往。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.
- 我默默地向葆拉投去恳求的目光。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He could watch her standing mute by the phone.
- 他能看到她一声不响地站在电话旁。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. a look of mute appeal
- 默默请求的表情
来自《权威词典》