English Dictionary

silencer

名詞

An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits / The muffler of an internal combustion engine. / Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires

日本語の意味

銃や排気管などに装着して、発射音やエンジンの排気音などの音を低減する装置 / 内燃機関のマフラー、または同様の目的で用いられる消音装置 / 電信線などで発生する低周波のハム音を消すための各種の装置

He fitted a silencer to his hunting rifle to avoid startling the game.

彼は獲物を驚かさないように、狩猟用ライフルに消音器を取り付けた。

意味（1）

An attachment to a gun or an exhaust pipe that reduces the sound it emits

意味（2）

The muffler of an internal combustion engine.

Before the fitting of silencers to these locomotives was completed by the end of 1961, they were very noisy in operation, but the effect of the silencer has been remarkable.

意味（3）

Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires

意味（4）

(genetics) Something that prevents gene expression

silencers （ plural ）