基本释义
- 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
实用例句
a look of mute appeal
默默请求的表情
牛津词典
The child sat mute in the corner of the room.
这孩子坐在屋子的角落里，一声不吭。
牛津词典
He muted the strings with his palm.
他用手掌抹琴弦消音。
牛津词典
She thought it better to mute her criticism.
她觉得还是婉转地提出批评比较好。
牛津词典
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。
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。
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。
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。
Sometimes when her friend asked her questions, she pretended to be deaf and mute.
有时她朋友问她问题时, 她装聋作哑.
期刊摘选
Use # 6 to mute yourself , # 7 undue and ask questions.
要静音, 输入 #6.取消静音并提问, 输入 #7.
期刊摘选
He is mute on the subject of social system.
他对社会制度的问题保持沉默.
《简明英汉词典》
But Fernand, instead of responding to this amiable gesture, remained mute and trembling.
但弗尔南多对这个友好的表示毫无反映, 依旧象一尊石像似的一动也不动.
期刊摘选
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.
《简明英汉词典》
The child has been mute since birth.
这孩子从生下来就不能讲话.
《简明英汉词典》
He remained as mute as a fish, too.
他就象鱼那样无声无息.
辞典例句
He became mute and dead.
他变得麻木不仁,僵如死尸.
辞典例句
The word " debt " contains a mute letter.
在 debt 这个词中有一个不发音的字母.
《简明英汉词典》
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?
期刊摘选
The boy is mute and deaf.
这男孩既聋又哑.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
期刊摘选
The deaf and mute communicate by sign language.
聋哑人用手势交际.
辞典例句
A mute can not speak.
哑巴是不会讲话的.
期刊摘选
The mute rocker arm, less noise.
静音摇臂支撑结构, 噪声更低.
期刊摘选
Military analysts are mute on the subject.
军事分析人士们对这个题目缄口不言.
期刊摘选
She gave me her hand with mute thanks.
她向我伸手表示无言的谢意.
《简明英汉词典》
真题例句
It can easily set TV on mute.
2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项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年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读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年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
1. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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