"silencer" in Chinese (Simplified)
消音器
Definition
消音器是安装在枪支上用来减少开火声音的装置。在英式英语中,也可以指汽车排气管中用于降低噪音的部件。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
在美式英语中,“silencer”多用于指枪械配件。在英式英语里,多指汽车消音器;枪械领域常用“suppressor”。“Silencer”只是降低声音,不代表绝对无声。
Examples
He attached a silencer to the gun before shooting.
他在开枪前给枪装上了**消音器**。
The car's silencer needs to be replaced.
这辆车的**消音器**需要更换。
The police found a silencer at the crime scene.
警方在犯罪现场发现了一个**消音器**。
My neighbor's car is so loud—I think the silencer is broken.
我邻居的车好吵——估计**消音器**坏了。
Movies always show guns with silencers as completely silent, but that's not true in real life.
电影里装有**消音器**的枪总是完全无声,现实中可不是这样。
If your exhaust sounds strange, your silencer might be to blame.
如果排气管声音异常,可能是**消音器**出问题了。