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muzzle 音標拼音: [m'ʌzəl] n. 動物之鼻口,口絡,槍口
vt. 戴口絡于,上口罩 動物之鼻口,口絡,槍口戴口絡於,上口罩 muzzle n 1: the open circular discharging end of a gun [ synonym: { gun muzzle}, { muzzle}] 2: forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose 3: a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal' s snout ( especially a dog' s nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting 4: restraint put into a person' s mouth to prevent speaking or shouting [ synonym: { gag}, { muzzle}] v 1: fit with a muzzle; " muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers" [ ant: { unmuzzle}] 2: prevent from speaking out; " The press was gagged" [ synonym: { gag}, { muzzle}] 3: tie a gag around someone' s mouth in order to silence them; " The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair" [ synonym: { gag}, { muzzle}] Muzzle \ Muz" zle\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Muzzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Muzzling}.] [ F. museler.] 1. To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action; as, the dictator muzzled all the newspapers. " My dagger muzzled." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. -- Deut. xxv. 4. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To fondle with the closed mouth. [ Obs.] -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster]
Muzzle \ Muz" zle\, v. i. To bring the mouth or muzzle near. [ 1913 Webster] The bear muzzles and smells to him. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster]
Muzzle \ Muz" zle\, n. [ OE. mosel, OF. musel, F. museau muzzle or snout, LL. musellus, fr. musus, morsus. See { Muse}, v. i., and cf. { Morsel}.] 1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A fastening or covering ( as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting. [ 1913 Webster] With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Muzzle sight}. ( Gun.) See { Dispart}, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster] 168 Moby Thesaurus words for " muzzle": Oregon boat, acoustic tile, antiknock, antlia, asphyxiate, baffler, bazoo, beak, beezer, bilbo, bill, bond, bonds, bottle up, bridle, bugle, camisole, censor, chains, chaps, choke, choke off, chops, clamp down on, collar, conk, cork, cork up, countenance, crack down on, crush, cuffs, cushion, damp, damp down, dampener, damper, deflate, dial, disarm, drown, dumbfound, embouchure, enchain, extinguish, face, features, fetter, gab, gag, gob, gyves, halter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles, hog- tie, hold down, hopples, hush, hush- hush, hushcloth, irons, jaw, jaws, jowls, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill, kisser, knock out, leading strings, leash, lips, manacle, mandibles, map, maw, maxilla, mouth, muffle, muffler, mug, mush, mute, nares, neb, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, oral cavity, paralyze, pecker, phiz, pillory, pour water on, premaxilla, proboscis, prostrate, puss, put down, put to silence, quash, quell, quench, quiet, quieten, quietener, reins, repress, restraint, restraints, rhinarium, rostrum, schnozzle, shackle, shush, shut down on, silence, silence cloth, silencer, sit down on, sit on, smash, smeller, smother, snoot, snout, soft pedal, soft- pedal, sordine, sordino, sound- absorbing material, soundproofing, soundproofing insulation, sourdine, squash, squelch, stanch, stifle, still, stocks, straightjacket, strait- waistcoat, straitjacket, strangle, stranglehold, strike dumb, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, tether, throttle, trammel, trammels, trap, trunk, truss up, visage, yap, yoke |
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