Muffle

(noun.) a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature.

(verb.) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.

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• I vish you could muffle that 'ere Stiggins, and take him vith you,' said Mr. Weller. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It has a muffle for the steam exhaust and the whole weight is 550 pounds. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• A short piece of the thread was bent in the form of a hairpin, laid in a nickel mould and securely clamped, and then put in a muffle furnace, where it was kept for five hours. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Many people were moving to and fro, most of them muffled in their coats and cravats. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The many sounds become so deadened that the change is like putting cotton in the ears, or having the head thickly muffled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It is muffled and dreary. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She gave him one glassy kiss, and four stiff fingers muffled in worsted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Rokesmith is already discharged,' said Mr Boffin, speaking in a muffled voice, with his hands before his face, as he rocked himself on the settle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Snodgrass looked in the direction indicated by the forefinger of his friend, and observed a figure, muffled up, as he had described. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• They felt the swift, muffled motion of the car. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Good-night, Nancy,' said the Jew, muffling himself up as before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Here old Mrs. Pegler, muffling herself up, and shrinking from observation, whispered a word of entreaty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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