mute
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 哑子，哑音字母，弱音器
- adj.
- 哑的，无声的，沉默的
- vt.
- 减弱...的声音
- vi.
- 排泄
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
释义（英文）
形容词 Adjective
- Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.]
- Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.]
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.