Word · Frequency #14663
muted
静音；关闭…的声音
muted is the past of mute.
To turn off the sound of (a device, microphone, or alert).
- 1.
To silence, to make quiet.
使沉默,使安静
- 2.
To cast off; to moult.
脱换(羽毛)；蜕皮
- 3.
To turn off the sound of.
关闭......的声音
- 4.
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
消音(尤指通过包裹)
消音；减弱…的声音；使安静；换羽；换毛；蜕皮；使沉默,使安静；脱换(羽毛)；蜕皮；关闭......的声音
In use
He muted the drum by wrapping it with a thick cloth.
She muted the ringing alarm by placing it inside a drawer.
The technician muted the speaker by covering it with foam.
Verb forms
base mute · third person mutes · -ing muting · past muted · past participle muted
规则动词，加-ed变为过去式和过去分词。
Connections
Collocations
- mute the TV
- 把电视静音
- He muted the TV while the phone rang.电话铃响时，他把电视静了音。
- mute your microphone
- 把麦克风静音
- Please mute your microphone when you enter the meeting.进入会议时请将麦克风静音。
- mute the sound
- 关闭声音；将声音静音
- I muted the sound on my phone before the movie started.电影开始前，我把手机的声音关掉了。
- mute notifications
- 将通知静音
- She muted notifications from the group chat.她把群聊的通知静音了。
- mute the alarm
- 把闹钟静音
- I muted my phone's alarm so it wouldn't ring during the meeting.我把手机闹钟静音了，这样开会时它就不会响。
- mute the noise
Learner notes
Memory Tip
看到 mute 就想到遥控器或手机上的“静音”键：按下去，声音立刻消失，人也安静下来。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：电子设备（手机、电脑、播放器）、音视频会议与直播、物理隔音或降噪处理 表示“静音/关闭声音”时，多用于日常电子设备和会议场景，语气比较中性；表示“使声音减弱/消音”时，也可出现在较正式或技术性描述中。该动词的语域会因具体用法和场景而变化，通常以中性表达为主。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
cute、acute、dispute、compute 与 mute 押韵，均以 /jut/ 结尾；brute 和 flute 拼写相似，但读作 /brut/ 和 /flut/，没有 /j/ 音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.