mute

adjective · noun · verbA1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

muter

Superlative

mutest

1.
Not having the power of speech; dumb.
2.
Silent; not making a sound.
[…] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!
3.
Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
4.
Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

mutes

1.
(obsolete)(phonetics, now obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop.
Đồng nghĩa: occlusive, plosive, stop
2.
(obsolete)(obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:
3.
A person who does not have the power of speech.
4.
A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
5.
(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
6.
An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
7.
A mute swan.
8.
(Internet)An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules.
9.
The faeces of a hawk or falcon.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

mutes

V_ing/Gerund

muting

V_ed/pp

muted

1.
(transitive)To silence, to make quiet.
2.
(transitive)To turn off the sound of.
Please mute the music while I make a call.
3.
(archaic)Of a bird: to defecate.
4.
(transitive)To cast off; to moult.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

occlusive plosive stop

Trái nghĩa

unmute

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English muet, from muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (dumb, mute) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.