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silencer

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles, Weapons
si·lenc·er /ˈsaɪlənsə $ -sər/ noun [countable]  1. British EnglishTTC a piece of equipment that is connected to the exhaust of a vehicle to make its engine quieter 〔与车辆排气管装置相连的〕消声器 SYN American English muffler2. PMWa thing that is put on the end of a gun so that it makes less noise when it is fired 〔手枪末端的〕消音器,消声器
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silencerInstead, Micron is working with road-legal silencers and gradually reducing their baffling.The installation of silencer tubes is no longer allowed.Special silencers on the drier and 90 elbows reflect the noise for houses only 200m away.Note that silencer tubes are no longer allowed.?He saw all the rivets and the little oily spots, the weld marks and the silencer mountings.On the first circuit there was a sudden roar as the weld on the silencer split.The silencer jammed into the muzzle of the.45 made the weapon look enormous.Pistol, .22 calibre, with silencer.
si·lenc·er nounChineseSyllable
connected to is equipment a piece of Corpus that


silencer
silencer /ˈsaɪlənsə $ -sər/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: silence, silencer; verb: silence; adverb: silently; adjective: silent
1. British English a piece of equipment that is connected to the exhaust of a vehicle to make its engine quieter
   SYN  muffler American English
2. a thing that is put on the end of a gun so that it makes less noise when it is fired


si·len·cerBrE /ˈsaɪlənsə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaɪlənsər/ 🔊 noun
(BrE) (NAmE muf·fler) a device that is fixed to the exhaust of a vehicle in order to reduce the amount of noise that the engine makes (发动机的)消声器
a device that is fixed to the end of a gun in order to reduce the amount of noise that it makes when it is fired (枪支的)消音器