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| 隔音 | soundproofing Reducing or eliminating reverberation in a room by placing sound-absorbing materials on the walls and ceiling (通过放置吸音的墙壁和天花板材料减少或消除房间的回响。) |
| 隔音 | acoustic insulation The process of preventing the transmission of sound by surrounding with a nonconducting material (通过在外面报上绝缘物质以阻止声音传播的过程。) |
| 隔音屏障 | noise barrier Barriers for reducing the propagation of sound: they are widely used in industry and alongside roads and railways to shield receivers from noise sources. Barriers will not reduce the noise on the receivers side, but will increase it, unless the barrier is also covered in absorbing material (为减少声音传播的屏障：它们是广泛应用于工业和公路、铁路来屏蔽噪声源的接收器。屏障将不会减少接收端的噪声，但会增加，除非屏障也覆盖了吸波材料。) |
| 隔音材料 | sound insulation material Material used to reduce the transmission of sound to or from a body, device, room, etc. (用于降低声音从音源到特定装置、设备和房间等的传输的材料。) |
