| 释义 |
muffle1/ˈmʌf(ə)l/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1 (often foll. by 常后跟 up) wrap or cover for warmth (为保暖)围住，裹住，包住 2 cover or wrap up (a source of sound) to reduce its loudness 掩住(声源)以减音响 3 (usu. as 通常作 muffled adj.) stifle (an utterance, e.g. a curse) 抑止出声(如诅咒)的 4 prevent from speaking 消灭(声音) ●n. 1 a receptacle in a furnace where substances may be heated without contact with combustion products 隔焰甑 2 a similar chamber in a kiln for baking painted pottery (隔焰窑的)隔焰室 [Middle English: the noun from Old French moufle ‘thick glove’; the verb perhaps from Old French enmoufler from moufle] |