mute

英 [mjuːt]      美 [mjuːt]
  • 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
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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。

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.
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。
2. I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.
我默默地向葆拉投去恳求的目光。
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。
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。
5. a look of mute appeal
默默请求的表情

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