muted
muted 英 [ˈmju:tɪd] 美 [ˈmjutɪd]
adj. 柔和的;无言的;趋缓的 v. 使柔和(mute的过去式和过去分词);消除声音
- Something muted has a softened tone or quieted sound. When you try to listen through the wall at what someone is saying, it's really muted and mumbly, even if you put a glass to your ear.
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- adj. 柔和的;无言的;趋缓的
- v. 使柔和(mute的过去式和过去分词);消除声音
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1. Yet, all I could feel was a numbness, as dull and muted as the sky.
然而,我能感受到的全是麻木,如天空一般的迟钝和缄默。
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2. I wonder if the politics of floods might leave them, instead, stifled and muted, and as they have so long been, slipping under.
而我想知道,洪水政治是否反而会使他们压抑和缄默,正如长久以来那样,使他们滑到最底层。
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3. There are two main reasons for the muted response of unemployment to so severe a downturn.
对这么严重的衰退,在失业方面的反应微弱主要存在两个原因。
- muted (adj.) 1861, in reference to musical instruments, past-participle adjective from mute (v.). Figuratively by 1879. Of colors by 1939. Related: mutedness.
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