英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 消除[減弱](尤其是樂器的)聲音

2. 2. 使…的色彩[色調]柔和



3. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 啞巴;沉默的人;無台詞角色;默劇演員;(土耳其等的)啞奴,啞僕;受僱的送喪人

4. 2. [律] 拒不答辯的被告

5. 3. 啞音字母

6. 4. [語] 閉塞音

7. 5. [樂] (樂器的)弱音器



8. adj. (形容詞 adjective)
   1. 沉默的

   (as) mute as a fish

   默不作聲.

9. 2. 啞的,不能發聲的

10. 3. [律] (被告)拒不答辯的

11. 4. 一時說不出話的;(獵犬追獵時)不吠叫的

12. 5. (金屬)敲打不出聲的

13. 6. (字母)不發音的,啞音的

    a mute letter

    不發音的字母(如Knife 中的K等).

14. 7. [音] 閉塞音的 如 [b, d, g] 等

柯林斯英英辭典

adj. (adjective)

1. not giving out sound or speech; silent

2. unable to speak; dumb

3. unspoken or unexpressed

mute dislike

4. [law] (of a person arraigned on indictment) refusing to answer a charge

5. another word for plosive

6. [phonetics] (of a letter in a word) silent

n. (noun)

1. a person who is unable to speak

2. [law] a person who refuses to plead when arraigned on indictment for an offence

3. any of various devices used to soften the tone of stringed or brass instruments

4. [phonetics] a plosive consonant; stop

5. a silent letter

6. an actor in a dumb show

7. a hired mourner at a funeral

8. [Usage] Using this word to refer to people without speech is considered outdated and offensive and should be avoided. The phrase profoundly deaf is a suitable alternative in many contexts.

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to reduce the volume of (a musical instrument) by means of a mute, soft pedal, etc

2. to subdue the strength of (a colour, tone, lighting, etc)

3. [Etymology] C14 muwet from Old French mu, from Latin mutus silent

vb

1. [Archaic] (of birds) to discharge (faeces)

n. (noun)

1. birds' faeces

2. [Etymology] C15: from Old French meutir, variant of esmeltir, of Germanic origin; probably related to smelt¹ and melt