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soundproof

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sound·proof1 /ˈsaʊndpruːf/ adjective  QUIETa soundproof wall, room etc is one that sound cannot pass through or into 隔音的
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soundproofHe used the space beneath his desk as a kind of soundproof booth.So in 1954 Hebbs built a dark, soundproof cell at McGill University in Montreal.Across a soundproof divider from the Kelleys will be Jenkins' witnesses: two lawyers and a woman described as his friend.It was a soundproof, windowless room at the end of the corridor on the second floor.
soundproof2 verb [transitive]  QUIETto make something soundproof 使隔音→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
soundproofThey also had to keep windows shut during services and soundproof the room.The flat is soundproofed with 18 inches of concrete above and below.
that room Corpus a wall, etc soundproof is one


soundproof
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soundproof1 /ˈsaʊndpruːf/ adjective
a soundproof wall, room etc is one that sound cannot pass through or into

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soundproof2 verb [transitive]
to make something soundproof


sound·proofBrE /ˈsaʊndpruːf/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsaʊndpruːf/ 🔊 (also sound·proofed) adjectivemade so that sound cannot pass through it or into it 隔声的a soundproof room隔声室 sound·proof verb~ sth