mute

• adj. 啞的；沉默的；無聲的
• vt. 減弱……的聲音；使……柔和
• n. 啞巴；弱音器；閉鎖音
• n. (Mute)人名；(塞)穆特

來自拉丁語mutus,安靜的，來自希臘語myein,合上，合嘴，來自PIE*meue,發噓聲，擬聲詞。引申詞義靜音的，不作聲的，啞的等。

mute (adj.)

late 14c., mewet "silent," from Old French muet "dumb, mute" (12c.), diminutive of mut, mo, from Latin mutus "silent, speechless, dumb," probably from imitative base *meue- (cognates: Sanskrit mukah "dumb," Greek myein "to be shut," of the mouth). Form assimilated in 16c. to Latin mutus.

mute (v.)

"deaden the sound of," 1861, from mute (n.). Related: Muted; muting.

mute (n.)

1570s, "stage actor in a dumb show;" 1610s as "person who does not speak," from mute (adj.). Musical sense first recorded 1811 of stringed instruments, 1841, of horns.

1. He sat mute, speechless with ecstasy, gazing into the sky.

他靜靜坐著，凝視天空，一言不發，心馳神往。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula.

我默默地向葆拉投去懇求的目光。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.

公爵的女兒瑪麗安娜在遭受了一次電擊後失聲了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He could watch her standing mute by the phone.

他能看到她一聲不響地站在電話旁。

來自柯林斯例句

5. a look of mute appeal

默默請求的表情

來自《權威詞典》