dumb 英 [dʌm]   美 [dʌm]

dumb

dumb  英 [dʌm] 美 [dʌm]

adj. 哑的,无说话能力的;不说话的,无声音的 

比较级:dumber  最高级:dumbest 

He has been dumb from birth. 他生来就哑。
These are all dumb reason to invest – of course. But it happens. 这些当然都是些愚蠢的投资原因。但是确实是这样。

  • Today, most of the time someone or something is described as dumb when it shows a lack of thought, like your dumb idea of wearing flip-flops in a snowstorm.
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  • adj. 哑的,无说话能力的;不说话的,无声音的
  • 1. He has been dumb from birth.

    他生来就哑。

  • 2. These are all dumb reason to invest – of course. But it happens.

    这些当然都是些愚蠢的投资原因。但是确实是这样。

  • 3. But the Japanese viewer is insulated because this is the story of only one woman and a rather dumb one at that.

    但是日本的观众没有受什么影响,因为这仅仅是一个女人的故事,而且还是一个相当愚蠢的女人。

  • dumb (adj.) Old English dumb "silent, unable to speak," from PIE *dheubh- "confusion, stupefaction, dizziness," from root *dheu- (1) "dust, mist, vapor, smoke," and related notions of "defective perception or wits."
dumb / dʌm ; NAmE dʌm / adjective , verb dumb dumber dumbest adjective ( dumb·er , dumb·est ) 1 ( old-fashioned, sometimes offensive) unable to speak 哑的;不能说话的 She was born deaf and dumb. 她天生又聋又哑。 HELP  Dumbused in this meaning is old-fashioned and can be offensive. It is better to use speech-impairedinstead. *dumb 用于此义是过时用法,可能意含冒犯,最好以 speech-impaired 代之。 2 temporarily not speaking or refusing to speak 一时说不出话的;不肯开口的 We were all struck dumbwith amazement. 我们都惊讶得说不出话来。 We sat there in dumb silence. 我们坐在那里,默然无语。 3 ( informal) ( especially NAmE) stupid 愚蠢的;傻的;笨的 That was a pretty dumb thing to do. 做那样的事太愚蠢了。 If the police question you, act dumb (= pretend you do not know anything). 如果警察盘问,你就一问三不知。 In her early movies she played a dumb blonde. 在她早期的电影中,她扮演傻乎乎的金发女郎。 dumb·ly / dʌmli ; NAmE dʌmli / adverb ‘Are you all right?’ Laura nodded dumbly. “你身体好吗?”劳拉默默地点了点头。 dumb·ness / dʌmnəs ; NAmE dʌmnəs / noun [uncountable ] verb PHRASAL VERB ˌdumb ˈdown | ˌdumb sth↔ˈdown ( disapproving) to make sth less accurate or educational,and of worse quality, by trying to make it easier for people to understand (为使公众更易理解而)降低…的标准,减少…的专业性教育内容 ˌdumbing ˈdown / ; NAmE / noun [uncountable ] dumb / dʌm ; NAmE dʌm / dumb·ly / dʌmli ; NAmE dʌmli / dumb·ness / dʌmnəs ; NAmE dʌmnəs / ˌdumbing ˈdown / ; NAmE /
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