| 释义 |
bemuffle, v.|bɪˈmʌf(ə)l|
[f. be- 1 + muffle v.]
To muffle up; often fig. Hence beˈmuffled ppl. a.
1583Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 111 The earth with the shaads of night was darcklye bemuffled. 1611Cotgr., Emmouflé..bemuffled, wrapped, or lapped close within (warme) clothes. 1760Sterne Serm. Yorick. III. 225 So bemuffled with the externals of religion, that he has not a hand to spare for a worldly purpose! |