muf·fle /ˈmʌfəl/
 低沈的聲音,消音器,上唇,圍巾,頭巾(vt.)圍裹,抑制,發低沈的聲音


 Muf·fle, v. i.  To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.


 Muf·fle, n.
 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.

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 Muf·fle n. The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.


 Muf·fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffled p. pr. & vb. n. Muffling ]
 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.
    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 or fit 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; to muffle the exhaust of a motor vehicle.


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