dumb

英 [dʌm] 美 [dʌm]

• adj. 哑的；愚蠢的；不能说话的
• vt. 使沉默

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 哑的

   unable to speak

2. [P]说不出话的

   temporarily silent; refusing to speak

3. 愚蠢的

   that was a pretty dumb thing to do

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 哑的，不能说话的
2. 愚蠢的，傻的，笨的
3. 一时说不出话的
4. 不肯开口的
5. 沉默的，无声的，无言的
6. 无音的，不响的
7. 打手势的，打哑语的
8. 口齿不清的
9. 无代言人的
10. 政治上无发言权的
11. 默默的

n. 名词

1. 砂眼
2. 呆哑症

v. 动词

1. 减少…的专业性教育内容
2. 降低…的标准
3. 使沉默

英英释义

Adjective:

1. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

   "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"
   "never met anyone quite so dim"
   "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"
   "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
   "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
   "worked with the slow students"
   

2. temporarily incapable of speaking;

   "struck dumb"
   "speechless with shock"
   

3. lacking the power of human speech;

   "dumb animals"
   

4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. She's been dumb from birth.
   她生来就是哑巴。
2. It was dumb of you to say that.
   你说那种话真是太愚蠢了。
3. She was unfairly caricatured as a dumb blonde.
   她被不公正地丑化成了一个傻头傻脑的金发女郎。
4. He was struck dumb by her sharp question.
   他被她那尖锐的问题弄得哑口无言。
5. We were struck dumb with horror and grief.
   惊恐和忧伤使我们哑口无言。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. She is very kind to the dumb children.
   她对哑童非常好。
2. This is a dumb mistake.
   这是一个愚蠢的错误。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. He was dumb.
   他是哑的。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. He is dumb on the subject.
   他对这个问题表示沉默。
2. He was dumb with astonishment.
   他吃惊得说不出话来。

It is/was+～+of sb+to- v

1. It was dumb of you to say that.
   你说这种话太愚蠢了。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. The terrible news struck us all dumb.
   可怕的消息吓得我们目瞪口呆。

经典引文

• Its thunder made the cataracts dumb.

  出自： Shelley

• The streets are dumb with snow.

  出自： Tennyson

• Having to translate his work into dumbed-down metaphors for the shiny-shoe set.

  出自： P. Bronson

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• dumb mistake 愚蠢的错误
• dumb show 哑剧

～+介词

• dumb from 从…就哑
• dumb on 保持沉默
• dumb with 发不出声来

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. dumb作“哑的”解时无比较等级。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

dumb, mute, speechless

• dumb一般指根本没有说话能力,常指动物; mute 强调为某种原因而沉默; speechless 指哑口无言的。

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的dumb，意为沉默，不能说话。

近反义词

【近义词】

• dull
• ignorant
• stupid

【反义词】

• bright
• intelligent
• lucid
• quick