英:[ˈmju:tɪd]
美:[ˈmjutɪd]
英:[ˈmju:tɪd]
美:[ˈmjutɪd]
词根:mute
adj.mute 哑的;沉默的;无声的
adv.mutely 无言地;不发声地
n.mute 哑巴;弱音器;闭锁音
muting 叛变;兵变;静音
muteness 无言;哑
v.muting 静音(mute的ing形式)
vt.mute 减弱……的声音;使……柔和
"a mute appeal"
"a silent curse"
"best grief is tongueless"
"the words stopped at her lips unsounded"
"unspoken grief"
"choking exasperation and wordless shame"
deaf mute聋哑人;聋哑的
到了1840年,指音乐器乐时,过去分词形容词源自 mute(动词)。比喻意义在1879年左右出现。用于颜色的意义在1905年。相关词汇: mutedness。
The first known use of muted was in 1855
1 Flora's mother stepped out of the shadows and into the muted light of the kitchen.
2 The proposals received only a muted response.
这些提案没有得到明确的回应。
3 Dusk approached with lightning speed, casting a muted purple hue over the backyard.
4 It is hardly surprising if the rhetoric has become more muted.
如果争论变得更加不激烈,这不足为奇。
5 Shay winked, pushed a button, and said, “Hey, it’s me, Shay. No, I’m sorry, Dr. Cable’s busy. Doing what? Well, it’s complicated . She muted the device. “Shouldn’t you be rescuing people or something, Tally?
6 Her dad picked up the remote control and muted the TV.
7 China , the North's fraternal neighbour , a muted response, urging restraint from both countries.
朝鲜友邻中国做出低调反应, 敦促双方保持克制.
8 They tore off the last of the clinging leaves, and left the trees looking ghostly against the muted brown of the hills.
9 So he takes that as the okay to reenact the Battle of Gettysburg on his plate, complete with sound effects of gunfire and muted cries of “Charge!”
10 Israel’s initial response to the unprecedented direct attack on its territory was so muted as to qualify as symbolic: targeting an anti-aircraft battery guarding a nuclear facility.
11 Papa refused on our behalf and then went up to the table to talk in muted tones.
12 This is because colors tend to become more muted over distance.
这是因为色彩往往会变得更静了距离.
13 At night especially, the cityscape was muted enough to lose its sense of scale.
14 The next day, Shumach wrote humorously of the assembled onlookers at the match: “Chess spectators are like Dodger fans with laryngitis—men with rampant emotions but muted voices.”
15 The engagement ring on her left hand glints in the muted London morning.
16 Yet there was only the muted hiss of the gas jets, safely enclosed within their milk glass cradles.
17 The strings are muted throughout the closing bars of the symphony.
该交响曲结束部分各节中的弦乐全为弱化音.
18 The economic effects of the bankruptcy will probably be muted.
CIT破产对经济的影响可能会比较小。
19 On the streets of Athens Thursday, normal workday activity was muted.
周四在雅典街头,正常的工作日活动没有了。
20 Mute with wonder I stood.
2 暗中的
3 减轻
mitigating ease relax moderate relieve dull commute mitigate alleviate dilute lessen mute soothe abate allay assuage deaden ease off ease up relief mitigation combat soften lighten quell palliate offload let up palliative subdued remissive quarter modification relaxation moderation remission easement palliation extenuation minish disedge qualify modify sauce buffer temper plaster remit subdue salve relent mollify slake stanch extenuate decongest
4 减弱
attenuate attenuated infirmatory fall drop sink slack slacken break damp gnaw deaden bate dim out make against take from attrition abatement ease shake moderate dim blunt mute sag subside wane recede neuter abate relent soft-pedal ease off let up fall away burn down trail off
5 被抑制的
8 不热烈的
9 弱化
10 温和
non-militant kind soft moderate mild peaceful silky silken peaceable mild-mannered gently mildly peaceably softness gentleness mildness silkiness
11 淡漠
13 柔和的
soft delicate mellow pastel misty dreamy subdued lenient low-pitched gentle slack velvet silky velvety silken mellowing mild modulated
14 沉默的
dark quiet silent mute unspoken tacit reticent wordless tight-lipped voiceless incommunicable tight-mouthed
15 沉默
dark quiet silent mute unspoken tacit reticent wordless tight-lipped voiceless incommunicable tight-mouthed silently still reserve peace silence mum stillness dumb hush extinguish tongue-tie drum down tie off drag in your rope
17 淡漠的
18 缺乏热情的
20 静静
21 柔和
soft delicate mellow delicacy P mute gentle slack velvet silky subdued velvety silken mellowing gently softly softness gentleness silkiness mellowness mild pastel modulated delicately tone down
26 减轻的
28 减弱的