| 英语单词 | muffle |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['mʌfl] 美 ['mʌfl] |
| 中文释义 | v.围裹;抑制;发低沉的声音 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He did his utmost to muffle his feelings. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他竭力抑制自己的感情。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To muffle is to quiet a sound, usually by wrapping it with something. If you try to speak with a scarf over your mouth, your voice will be muffled. |
| vocabulary扩展 | When a hitman puts a silencer on a gun, he's muffling the sound of gunshots, since muffling makes things quieter. Usually, muffling involves wrapping something around or putting something over a noisy thing. Muffling dampens, tones down, deadens, and dulls. Also, if you hold down your emotions and don't express them, you're muffling them. Muffling keeps things quiet. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]使(声音)低沉;使(音量)减弱 If something muffles a sound, it makes it quieter and more difficult to hear. [V n] [V-ed]
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