muffle 音标拼音: [m'ʌfəl]
n . 低沉的声音,消音器,上唇,围巾,头巾
vt . 围裹,抑制,发低沉的声音
低沈的声音,消音器,上唇,围巾,头巾围裹,抑制,发低沈的声音
muffle n 1 :
a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature v 1 :
conceal or hide ; "
smother a yawn "; "
muffle one '
s anger ";
"
strangle a yawn " [
synonym : {
smother }, {
stifle }, {
strangle },
{
muffle }, {
repress }]
2 :
deaden (
a sound or noise ),
especially by wrapping [
synonym :
{
muffle }, {
mute }, {
dull }, {
damp }, {
dampen }, {
tone down }]
Muffle \
Muf "
fle \,
v .
i . [
Cf .
F .
maffle ,
mumble ,
D .
moffelen .]
To speak indistinctly ,
or without clear articulation .
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1913 Webster ]
Muffle \
Muf "
fle \,
n . [
F .
moufle ,
prop .,
a mitten ,
from the resemblance in shape .
See {
Muffle },
v .
t ., {
Muff }.]
1 .
Anything with which another thing ,
as an oar or drum ,
is muffled ;
also ,
a boxing glove ;
a muff .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Metal .)
An earthenware compartment or oven ,
often shaped like a half cylinder ,
used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire ,
as in scorification of ores ,
cupellation of ore buttons ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Ceramics )
A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery ,
without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln .
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4 .
A pulley block containing several sheaves . --
Knight .
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Muffle \
Muf "
fle \ (
m [
u ^]
f "
f '
l ),
n .
The bare end of the nose between the nostrils ; --
used esp .
of ruminants .
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1913 Webster ]
Muffle \
Muf "
fle \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Muffled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Muffling }.] [
Cf .
F .
moufle a mitten ,
LL .
muffula ,
OD .
moffel a muff .
See {
Muff }.]
1 .
To wrap up in something that conceals or protects ;
to wrap ,
as the face and neck ,
in thick and disguising folds ;
hence ,
to conceal or cover the face of ;
to envelop ;
to inclose ; --
often with up . --
South .
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1913 Webster ]
The face lies muffled up within the garment .
--
Addison .
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He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes . --
Dryden .
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Muffled up in darkness and superstition .
--
Arbuthnot .
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2 .
To prevent seeing ,
or hearing ,
or speaking ,
by wraps bound about the head ;
to blindfold ;
to deafen .
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3 .
To wrap or fit with something that dulls or deadens the sound of ;
as ,
to muffle the strings of a drum ,
or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock ;
to muffle the exhaust of a motor vehicle .
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1913 Webster ]
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "
muffle ":
acoustic tile ,
antiknock ,
antlia ,
apply to ,
baffle ,
baffler ,
beak ,
beezer ,
bill ,
black out ,
blanket ,
block ,
bugle ,
bundle up ,
canopy ,
censor ,
choke ,
choke off ,
cloak ,
clothe ,
cloud ,
conceal ,
conk ,
cope ,
cover ,
cover up ,
cowl ,
curtain ,
cushion ,
damp ,
dampen ,
dampener ,
damper ,
deaden ,
deafen ,
dull ,
dumbfound ,
eclipse ,
enfold ,
enshroud ,
envelop ,
film ,
gag ,
hap ,
hood ,
hugger -
mugger ,
hush ,
hush up ,
hush -
hush ,
hushcloth ,
kill ,
lay on ,
lay over ,
mantle ,
mask ,
mellow ,
muffle up ,
muffler ,
mute ,
muzzle ,
nares ,
neb ,
nib ,
nose ,
nostrils ,
nozzle ,
obduce ,
obscure ,
occult ,
olfactory organ ,
overlay ,
overspread ,
pecker ,
proboscis ,
protect ,
put on ,
put to silence ,
quash ,
quiet ,
quieten ,
quietener ,
repress ,
rhinarium ,
rostrum ,
schnozzle ,
screen ,
scum ,
shield ,
shroud ,
shush ,
shut down on ,
silence ,
silence cloth ,
silencer ,
sit on ,
smeller ,
smother ,
snoot ,
snout ,
soft pedal ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
sordine ,
sordino ,
sound -
absorbing material ,
soundproofing ,
soundproofing insulation ,
sourdine ,
spread over ,
squash ,
squelch ,
stifle ,
still ,
stop ,
strangle ,
strike dumb ,
subdue ,
superimpose ,
superpose ,
suppress ,
swaddle ,
swathe ,
throttle ,
tone down ,
trunk ,
veil ,
wrap ,
wrap up
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