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低沈的聲音,消音器,上唇,圍巾,頭巾圍裹,抑制,發低沈的聲音

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. i. [Cf. F. maffle, mumble, D. moffelen.]
   To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.

Muffle \Muf"fle\, n. [F. moufle, prop., a mitten, from the
   resemblance in shape. See {Muffle}, v. t., {Muff}.]
   1. Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is
      muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

   2. (Metal.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped
      like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects
      heated from the direct action of the fire, as in
      scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.

   3. (Ceramics) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors
      of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the
      pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.

   4. A pulley block containing several sheaves. --Knight.

Muffle \Muf"fle\ (m[u^]f"f'l), n.
   The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp.
   of ruminants.

Muffle \Muf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muffled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Muffling}.] [Cf. F. moufle a mitten, LL. muffula, OD. moffel
   a muff. See {Muff}.]
   1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to
      wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds;
      hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to
      inclose; -- often with up. --South.

            The face lies muffled up within the garment.
                                                  --Addison.

            He muffled with a cloud his mournful eyes. --Dryden.

            Muffled up in darkness and superstition.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   2. To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound
      about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.

   3. To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of;
      as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an
      oar which rests in the rowlock.

資料來源 : WordNet®

muffle
     n : a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low
         temperature

muffle
     v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
          "strangle a yawn" [syn: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle},
           {repress}]
     2: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: {mute},
         {dull}, {damp}, {dampen}, {tone down}]