mute

1. ADJ Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak. 缄默的

He was mute, distant, and indifferent. 他缄默无言，对人疏远而且冷漠。

2. ADV Mute is also an adverb. 缄默地[ADV after v]

He could watch her standing mute by the phone. 他能看到她缄默地站在电话旁。

3. ADJ Someone who is mute is unable to speak. 哑的

Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock. 公爵的女儿玛丽安娜在一场惊吓之后失语了。

4. V-T If someone mutes something such as their feelings or their activities, they reduce the strength or intensity of them. 抑制 (感情等); 减弱 (行动的力度等)

The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom. 腐败看来没有减缓该国持续的经济繁荣。

5. mutedADJ 温和的

The threat contrasted starkly with his administration's previous muted criticism. 这恐吓与他执政当局先前温和的批评形成了鲜明的对比。

6. V-T If you mute a noise or sound, you lower its volume or make it less distinct. 降低 (声音)

They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive. 他们开始放低嗓门，不再那么肯定了。

7. mutedADJ (声音) 降低的

"Yes," he muttered, his voice so muted I hardly heard his reply. “是啊，”他轻声说道，声音轻得我几乎听不到他的回答。

8. N-COUNT any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments (乐器的)弱音器; 削音器