muzzle

英 ['m?z(?)l] 美['m?zl]

CET6+TEM8低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?muzzles;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?muzzles;過(guò)去式:?muzzled;過(guò)去分詞:?muzzled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?muzzling;

1. mouth => muzzle (diminutive word).

muzzle 口鼻，槍口，動(dòng)物口套

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)musel,口鼻，豬鼻，狗鼻，可能來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)morsus,咬，詞源同mordant,morsel.引申詞義給狗，馬等動(dòng)物帶的口套，以及槍口等。

muzzle: muzzle: see amuse
muzzle (n.): late 14c., "device put over an animal's mouth to stop it from biting, eating, or rooting," from Old French musel "muzzle," also "snout, nose" (12c., Modern French museau), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Roman *musa "snout" (source also of Proven?al mus, Old Spanish mus, Italian muso), of unknown origin, possibly related to Latin morsus "bite" (but OED finds "serious difficulties" with this). Meaning "projecting part of the head of an animal" is from early 15c. in English; sense of "open end of a firearm" first recorded 1560s.
muzzle (v.): "to put a muzzle on," early 15c., from muzzle (n.). Figurative use from 1610s. Related: Muzzled; muzzling.

1. He was convicted of failing to muzzle a pit bull.: 他因沒(méi)能給比特犬戴嘴套而被判有罪。

4. I don't think we can go round screaming hysterically: "Ban these dogs. Muzzle all dogs.": 我不認(rèn)為歇斯底里地到處去高喊“禁止遛狗。給所有狗帶上口套”是個(gè)好主意。

5. David tugged again and the muzzle slipped from Faber's grasp.: 大衛(wèi)猛地一拉,槍口終于從費(fèi)伯的手中滑脫了.