muffle

英 [ˈmʌfl]

美 [ˈmʌfl]

v.  压抑(声音); 使(声音)降低; 使听不清; 裹住，覆盖，蒙住(以保暖)

过去分词：muffled　过去式：muffled　现在分词：muffling　第三人称单数：muffles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16123 / COCA.13309

牛津词典

verb

• 压抑（声音）；使（声音）降低；使听不清
  to make a sound quieter or less clear
  1. He tried to muffle the alarm clock by putting it under his pillow.
     他把闹钟塞在枕头底下，想减低声音。
• 裹住，覆盖，蒙住（以保暖）
  to wrap or cover sb/sth in order to keep them/it warm
  1. She muffled the child up in a blanket.
     她用毯子将孩子裹得严严实实。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使(声音)低沉;使(音量)减弱
  If somethingmufflesa sound, it makes it quieter and more difficult to hear.
  1. Blake held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece to muffle his voice...
     布莱克把手绢包在话筒上，以使自己的声音听起来模糊不清。
  2. She heard a muffled cough behind her.
     她听到身后一声低沉的咳嗽。

英英释义

noun

• a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature

verb

• conceal or hide
  1. smother a yawn
  2. muffle one's anger
  3. strangle a yawn
  Synonym:smotherstiflestranglerepress
• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
  Synonym:mutedulldampdampentone down

双语例句

• He did his utmost to muffle his feelings.
  他竭力抑制自己的感情。
• His mother made him muffle himself up before he could go out to play in the snow.
  他母亲让他把自己裹得严严实实，才放他到外面雪地里去玩。
• Make sure you muffle up properly, because it's pretty cold outside.
  注意穿暖些，外面相当冷。
• This problem, of course, is no different than that experienced by recipients of donor organs, who take drugs to muffle their body's immune system.
  当然这和器官移植中的排异反应没有什么区别。在器官移植中病人要服用药物来抑制自身的免疫系统。
• To muffle the sound, and he broke it.
  为了消去声音，然后把它打破。
• The latest style large capacity muffle with special structure has reduced the noise of exhaust gas. A larger air filter is employed to reduce the noise of suction gas.
  新型大容量和特殊内部构造消音器降低了排气噪音.采用较大的空气滤器减少了进气噪音。
• People of Orphalese, you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
  奥法利斯城的人们啊，你们可以掩住鼓声，松弛琴弦，但谁又能够下令禁止云雀歌唱？
• But she learned how to muffle the bell by stuffing a sock into it and inching her way out of the bed and into the night.
  但她设法解开了那个铃铛，还在里边塞了袜子，然后悄悄溜下床消失在夜幕里。
• A new type of ceramic fibre muffle furnace can provide a high efficient resolution by rapid moss sample ashing.
  利用新型陶瓷纤维马弗炉的快速灰化方法，可以高效地解决这一问题。
• He made my husband take my best petticoat to muffle the oars.
  他叫我丈夫把我最好的一条衬裙拿去包船桨。