| 单词 | mute |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [mju:t] |
| 解释 | a.沉默的；v.减弱声音；n.弱音器 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 沉默的(silent) 【考】 反义词：amplify(放 大) 【例】 He touched her hand in mute sympathy. |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 减弱声音; n 弱音器; 哑巴 【记】mu木, te特: 木头特别容易减弱声音, 所以门用木头做. 【反】amplify(v 扩大) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：木头，说某人像木头一样，就是说他不爱说话，沉默 |
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