mute

消音する、音を消す

機器や録音の音を消す、または小さくすること。

やさしい英語で： To turn off or reduce the sound of a device or recording.

• Please mute your phone.
• I muted the television during the call.
• Have you muted your microphone?

類義語： silence

反対語： unmute

よく使う表現： mute the microphone, mute your phone, mute the tv

黙らせる、抑える

人や物の音を小さくしたり、聞こえなくしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone or something quieter or stop them from being heard.

• The thick carpet muted our footsteps.
• Fear had muted her protests.
• The new rules may mute voices of opposition.

類義語： silence, quiet, muffle

よく使う表現： mute criticism, mute someone’s voice, mute the noise

無言の、静かな

何も言わない、または音を出さない。

やさしい英語で： Saying nothing or making no sound.

• She remained mute throughout the meeting.
• He stood mute with shock.
• The abandoned houses were mute witnesses to the disaster.

類義語： silent, soundless

よく使う表現： remain mute, mute witness, mute appeal

話せない

話すことができない。

やさしい英語で： Unable to speak.

• The mute child communicated with signs.
• She has been mute since birth.
• A speech specialist worked with the mute patient.

類義語： nonverbal

よく使う表現： mute child, deaf and mute, mute person, born mute

口のきけない人

話すことができない人。

やさしい英語で： A person who cannot speak.

• The old report described him as a mute.
• In the novel, a mute communicates through gestures.
• The historical register listed several residents as mutes.

よく使う表現： a deaf mute, as a mute