🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

口套

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kǒu tào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Muzzler/ˈmʌz.lər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这只大狗出门时必须戴上口套。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that puts a muzzle on an animal or person.

    "The dog trainer fitted the persistent biter with a secure muzzler before taking it out in public."
  2. 2

    A figurative term for someone who suppresses, censors, or silences free speech, dissent, or criticism.

    "Journalists labeled the new regulatory board a muzzler of independent investigative reporting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'muzzle' (from Middle English 'mosel', ultimately from Old French 'moussel' or Late Latin 'musum'), combined with the agent suffix '-er'. Historically associated with the physical device used to restrain an animal's bite, the term evolved metaphorically to describe individuals or entities that silence, suppress, or censor speech and expression.

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