| 词汇 | muffle |
| 释义 | muffle verb[ T ] uk /ˈmʌf.əl/ us /ˈmʌf.əl/ muffleverb[T] (MAKE LESS CLEAR)to make a sound quieter and less clear: 使（声音）变轻微（或低沉）;消（声） The house has double-glazed windows to muffle the noise of aircraft.这所房子装有双层玻璃窗以减弱飞机噪声的干扰。 to make something less strong or clear: 削弱，使模糊 The report concluded that business pressure on the government had muffled the impact of the legislation.报告得出结论，企业对政府的压力已削弱了立法的影响。 Silence & quiet acoustic tile cricket cricketsidiom dead silence deafening deafeningly hushed inaudibly muffled noiseless noiselessly pin-drop quiet quietness radio silence silence silent silently subdued under your breathidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making less strong muffleverb[T] (KEEP WARM)to wear thick warm clothes in order to keep warm: （为保暖而用厚衣物）围裹，裹住;蒙住 I was muffled up against the cold in a scarf and hat.我裹上围巾、戴上帽子以抵御寒冷。 Putting clothes on arrayed bundle bundle (someone) up doll doll yourself up dolled up dress fling fling something on/off get up glam glam (yourself) up make yourself respectableidiom put something on redon respectable rig rig someone out slip throw muffle | American Dictionarymuffle verb[ T ] us/ˈmʌf·əl/ to make a sound quieter and less clear: Ted and I looked at each other with open mouths and muffled our laughs in our sleeves. muffledadjective[ not gradable ]us/ˈmʌf·əld/ I could hear muffled voices next door, but couldn’t make out any words. Examples of mufflemuffle The voice of both authors is muffled under a blanket of amorphous words and phrases - structure, institution, configuration, social formation, pattern of behaviour. However, the practice of notating the blues in a twelve-bar pattern muffled that cry. Do we mind that he thus muffles its voice, literally circumscribes it? Indeed, the expression of his authentic self is muffled by terminology over which he can have no mastery. However, the care plan effectively muffled the voice of the patient. The poetry, to my ear at least, is in danger of being muffled by the clang of rhetoric. His was a figure of tremendous, repressed pain; his outward form muffled a raucous, screaming silence. There is a whistle which lasts long and then a muffled explosion and the earth or house quakes. The heart and breath sounds were muffled. First, it gets conflated with cause and effect, whereby the contingent is contingent upon what releases it and nothing else, all its power of surprise muffled into an aetiology. When the younger, provocative and outspoken new wave bands took to the stage, they felt muffled by their older colleagues who feared for the club's existence. Processes like accommodating the past and retroactively demoting what is awkward there only muffle the way things really are in belief. Anyone who disagrees with the official line has their voice muffled and is deprived of access to the public stage. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Is it the muffled sound of tyres in contact with the road, or the sudden acceleration of vehicles and the roar of powerful motorcycles? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We need to face our past, not to muffle it; but the facing is of an imperfect past by a present that is imperfect as well. See all examples of muffle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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