Muffle
['mʌf(ə)l] or ['mʌfl]
解释:
(noun.) a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature.
(verb.) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
胡安娜校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.
(v. t.) To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.
(v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
(v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
(v. i.) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(v. t.) Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
(v. t.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
(v. t.) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
(v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.
埃尔伯特编辑
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Wrap, cover, shroud.
校对:威拉德
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Shroud, enfold, disguise, conceal, envelop
ANT:{[Unmuole]?}, unfold, exhibit, reveal
哈维整理
解释:
n. the thick naked upper lip and nose as of a ruminant.
v.i. to mumble.
v.t. to wrap up as with a muff: to blindfold: to cover up so as to render sound dull as a bell or a drum: to cover from the weather.—n. something used for smothering sound: a boxing-glove: a clay oven as for firing pottery.—adj. Muff′led wrapped up closely: dulled or deadened—of sound.—n. Muff′ler a cover that muffles the face.
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例句:
- I vish you could muffle that 'ere Stiggins, and take him vith you,' said Mr. Weller. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It has a muffle for the steam exhaust and the whole weight is 550 pounds. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- A short piece of the thread was bent in the form of a hairpin, laid in a nickel mould and securely clamped, and then put in a muffle furnace, where it was kept for five hours. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Many people were moving to and fro, most of them muffled in their coats and cravats. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The many sounds become so deadened that the change is like putting cotton in the ears, or having the head thickly muffled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It is muffled and dreary. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- She gave him one glassy kiss, and four stiff fingers muffled in worsted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Rokesmith is already discharged,' said Mr Boffin, speaking in a muffled voice, with his hands before his face, as he rocked himself on the settle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Mr. Snodgrass looked in the direction indicated by the forefinger of his friend, and observed a figure, muffled up, as he had described. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- They felt the swift, muffled motion of the car. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Good-night, Nancy,' said the Jew, muffling himself up as before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Here old Mrs. Pegler, muffling herself up, and shrinking from observation, whispered a word of entreaty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
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