a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
Adjective:
expressed without speech;
"a mute appeal"
"a silent curse"
"best grief is tongueless"
"the words stopped at her lips unsounded"
"unspoken grief"
"choking exasperation and wordless shame"
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Verb:
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
mute的用法和樣例:
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
He's a deaf mute and cannot tell anyone secret. 他是個聾啞人,不會把他們的秘密告訴任何人。
He has been passing himself off as a deaf - mute . 他一直裝聾作啞。
You need get a mute on your guitar to make the tune soft. 你得給吉他安個弱音器好讓音柔和一點。
The letter "e" in "mouse" is mute. 「mouse」中的字母「e」不發音。