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muzzled

/muhz-uhl/US // ˈmʌz əl //UK // (ˈmʌzəl) //

戴口罩的,戴着口罩的,戴口罩的人,戴着口罩的人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
    • : the projecting part of the head of an animal, including jaws, mouth, and nose.
    • : a device, usually an arrangement of straps or wires, placed over an animal's mouth to prevent the animal from biting, eating, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    muz·zled, muz·zling.

    • : to put a muzzle on so as to prevent biting, eating, etc.
    • : to restrain from speech, the expression of opinion, etc.: The censors muzzled the press.
    • : Nautical. to attach the cable to the stock of by means of a light line to permit the anchor to be pulled loose readily.

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Examples

  • Consider your dog When a sled dog camps, he sometimes curls up on a straw bed in the snow, furry tail covering his muzzle.

  • Troops are on the streets, the media is muzzled, and the already weak caretaker government has been further marginalized.

  • She had thought it legal as the greyhounds were muzzled and the magistrate gave her an absolute discharge.

  • Rather than emerging as a full-fledged personality, he did few national interviews and seemed muzzled by the Romney team.

  • Released but not free, the famed Chinese artist is out of jail but muzzled and constrained by the government.

  • The reaper must leave something for the gleaner; even the ox cannot be muzzled as he treadeth out the corn.

  • It was a large savage animal, and was always kept muzzled at home.

  • She is a good girl—as good as God makes them; her wits as yet a bit muzzled by the custom of Friends.

  • The Orange societies required to be placated, the Presbyterians to be muzzled, the Catholics to be suppressed.

  • Other lacqueys led large stag-hounds, or wolf-dogs, of noble race, carefully muzzled to prevent accidents to passengers.