English Dictionary

mute

/mjuːt/

noun

(phonetics, now obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop. / (obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. / A person who does not have the power of speech.

He pressed the mute button on the remote control.

意味（1）

(phonetics, now obsolete) A stopped consonant; a stop.

意味（2）

(obsolete, theater) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.

As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:

意味（3）

A person who does not have the power of speech.

The girl left, and presently returned, followed by two male mutes, to whom the Queen made another sign.

意味（4）

A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.

He asked about the undertaking business, and how many mutes went down with Lady Estrich’s remains […]

意味（5）

(music) An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.

意味（6）

An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.

Another related primary control is called a mute, which is simply a switch that kills the signal altogether, allowing for a speedier turn-off than turning the fader all the way down rapidly. Mutes are probably more commonly used during multitrack music recording than during film mixing because in music all tracks are on practically all of the time, whereas workstations produce silence when there is no desired signal […]

意味（7）

A mute swan.

The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled. Right now mutes are thriving.