"muffle the message"
"girdle the plant"
"deadened wine"
"deaden a ship's headway"
"Terror blunted her feelings" "deaden a sound"
Grass which had seeded between the cobbles..deadened her steps.
牛津高階第八版
美國韋氏詞典
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