mute

CET6考研GRE

英[mju?t]
美[mju?t]

基本釋義

adj.
緘默的; 啞的; 無聲的; (字母)不發(fā)音的
n.
啞巴; (樂器上的)弱音器
vt.
減輕(聲音); 使…柔和

詞性變化

實用例句

a look of mute appeal

默默請求的表情

牛津詞典

The child sat mute in the corner of the room.

這孩子坐在屋子的角落里,一聲不吭。

牛津詞典

He muted the strings with his palm.

他用手掌抹琴弦消音。

牛津詞典

She thought it better to mute her criticism.

她覺得還是婉轉(zhuǎn)地提出批評比較好。

牛津詞典

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。

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。

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(jīng)濟的持續(xù)繁榮。

They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive...

他們開始壓低嗓門,不再那么肯定了。

At first the wooded hillsides muted the sounds.

最初長滿樹木的山坡吸收了噪音。

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.

期刊摘選

Use # 6 to mute yourself , # 7 undue and ask questions.

要靜音, 輸入 #6.取消靜音并提問, 輸入 #7.

期刊摘選

He is mute on the subject of social system.

他對社會制度的問題保持沉默.

《簡明英漢詞典》

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.

期刊摘選

Her daughter was mute after a serious illness.

她的女兒在一場重病之后失去了說話能力.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The child has been mute since birth.

這孩子從生下來就不能講話.

《簡明英漢詞典》

He remained as mute as a fish, too.

他就象魚那樣無聲無息.

辭典例句

He became mute and dead.

他變得麻木不仁,僵如死尸.

辭典例句

The word " debt " contains a mute letter.

在 debt 這個詞中有一個不發(fā)音的字母.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Fig 4 . Jesus Christ, why not mute this dog and turn screenwriter?

老王:神阿, 你為什么不讓這只狗閉嘴,把他變成個編劇?

期刊摘選

The boy is mute and deaf.

這男孩既聾又啞.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Some ornithologists only Mute Swan classified as a swan.

有些鳥類學(xué)家只將疣鼻天鵝歸為天鵝屬.

期刊摘選

The deaf and mute communicate by sign language.

聾啞人用手勢交際.

辭典例句

A mute can not speak.

啞巴是不會講話的.

期刊摘選

The mute rocker arm, less noise.

靜音搖臂支撐結(jié)構(gòu), 噪聲更低.

期刊摘選

Military analysts are mute on the subject.

軍事分析人士們對這個題目緘口不言.

期刊摘選

She gave me her hand with mute thanks.

她向我伸手表示無言的謝意.

《簡明英漢詞典》

真題例句

It can easily set TV on mute.

2015年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 選項

You can even listen through the headset only and put the TV on mute if the situation calls for a quiet environment —maybe the baby is sleeping.

2015年高考英語北京卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes.

2013年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

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

同義詞辨析

dumb, mute

這兩個形容詞均有"啞的,不能說話的"之意。

  • dumb: 可與mute換用,但dumb指根本沒有說話能力或失去了說話能力。
  • mute: 多指因后天疾病而引起的聾啞,有時也指因故不說話。

同義詞

adj.啞的;無言的

speechlessvoicelesssilentdumb

反義詞

adj.啞的;沉默的

talkativedeaf

其他釋義

deaf

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