| 单词 | muffle |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['mʌfl] |
| 解释 | v.使声音降低；裹住 |
| 红宝书 | 【考】 muffle : sound / assuage : grief(减弱声音使声音减少 /抚慰悲伤使悲伤减少) 【例】 muffled foot steps (压低的脚步声) |
| 字源 | muffle (v.) early 15c., "to cover or wrap (something) to conceal or protect," perhaps from Middle French mofler "to stuff," from Old French moufle "thick glove, muff" (compare Old French enmoufle "wrapped up"); see muff (n.). Meaning "wrap something up to deaden sound" first recorded 1761. Related: Muffled; muffling. muffle (n.) "thing that muffles," 1560s, from muffle (v.). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (用围巾裹住)使声音降低; 麻风病 【记】外来语, 读: 麻风, 一种慢性传染病, 患者皮肤麻木、变厚、颜色变深、毛发脱落、感觉丧失、手指、脚趾变形. 该病通过空气传染, 所以周围的人都用围巾裹住嘴, 导致声音降低. 【类】muffle: sound = assuage: grief减弱声音使声音减少 = 抚慰悲伤使悲伤减少 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：麻缚，麻覆，用麻布包裹起来； 【相关】muff 皮手笼, 笨拙的人 |
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