dumb

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汉语翻译

a. 哑的, 不说话的, 无声音的
【医】 哑的
相关词组:
strike sb dumb

词型变化:

名词:dumbness 副词:dumbly 形容词比较级:dumber 最高级:dumbest 动词过去式:dumbed 过去分词:dumbed 现在分词:dumbing 第三人称单数:dumbs 

词意辨析:

dumb, mute
这两个形容词均有“哑的,不能说话的”之意。
dumb: 可与mute换用,但dumb指原本没有说话能力或失去了说话能力。
mute: 多指因后天疾病而引起的聋哑,有时也指因故不说话。

英语解释:

形容词 dumb:

  1. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
    同义词:dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow
  2. unable to speak temporarily
    同义词:speechless
  3. lacking the power of human speech
  4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
    同义词:mute, silent

例句:

  1. No animal of the horoscope is considered dumb or ugly or evil.
    天宫图上的动物没有一种被认为是愚笨的或丑陋的或 * 的。
  2. Dumb dogs are dangerous.
    [谚]哑巴狗最危险。
  3. He was struck dumb by her sharp question.
    他被她那尖锐的问题弄得哑口无言。
  4. The man is as dumb as an oyster.
    那人极少说话。
  5. We were struck dumb with horror and grief.
    惊恐和忧伤使我们哑口无言。

详细解释:


dumb

adj.(形容词)
dumb.er,dumb.est


Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects.
哑的:缺乏说话能力的。指有生命或无生命的物体
Offensive Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of human beings.
【无礼用语】 哑的,无言的:不能说话的;沉默的。指人
Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear:
说不出话的:暂时说不出话的,如因为震惊或恐惧:
例句:
I was dumb with disbelief.
我难以置信,一时说不上话来

Unwilling to speak; taciturn.
不愿说话的;寡言的
Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words:
没有用言辞、声音表达的:
例句:
dumb resentment.
无声的憎恨

Nautical Not self-propelling.
【航海】 非自航的
Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid:
十分不明智的;愚蠢的:
例句:
dumb officials; a dumb decision.
愚钝的官员们;愚蠢的决定

Unintentional; haphazard:
无意的;偶然的:
例句:
dumb luck.
偶然的运气

Computer Science Incapable of processing data:
【计算机科学】 哑的,不智能的,被动的:不能处理数据的:
例句:
a dumb terminal.
不智能的终端设备

v.tr.(及物动词)
dumbed,dumb.ing,dumbs
To make silent or dumb.
使沉默或变哑

<常用词组>dumb down 或
dumb up 【俚语】
To rewrite for a less intelligent audience.
为理解力较弱的观众重写
来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English
源自 古英语

【引伸】
dumb.ly
adv.(副词)
dumb.ness
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>dumb,inarticulate,mute,speechlessThe central meaning shared by these adjectives is .lacking the faculty of speech or the power to speak.:
这一组形容词共有的主要意义为.缺乏说话的能力或力量.
例句:
dumb with fear;
害怕得说不出话;

例句:
inarticulate with rage;
愤怒得说不出话;

例句:
mute with astonishment;
惊讶得说不出话;

例句:
speechless with horror. See also Synonyms at stupid
吓得说不出话 参见同义词 stupid


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