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第三人称单数:dumbs
现在分词:dumbing
过去式:dumbed
过去分词:dumbed
比较级:dumber
最高级:dumbest
dumbly (adv.), dumbness (n.)
词根:dumb
adv.dumbly 默默地;无言地
n.dumbness 无言,沉默
adjective
lacking intelligence : stupid
pretended to be dumb
showing a lack of intelligence a dumb look on his face
asking dumb questions
requiring no intelligence
dumb luck
lacking the human power of speech
dumb animals
dated, offensive, of a person; see usage paragraph below lacking the ability to speak : mute
temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment)
struck dumb with fear
not expressed in uttered words
dumb grief
silentalso: taciturn
they were capable of sitting for hours, dumb and unabashed, over their pipes—Ellen Glasgow
lacking some usual attribute or accompanimentespecially: having no means of self-propulsion
a dumb barge
not having the capability to process data compare intelligent sense 3a
a dumb terminal
verb
transitive verb
to make silent : deaden
would lie around, dumbed by the drugs—Norman Mailer
deaf and dumb聋哑的,又聋又哑
dumb waitern. 小型送货升降机;送菜升降机,餐用升降机
这组词都有“哑的,不能说话的”的意思,其区别是:
dumb可与mute换用,但dumb指根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。
以上来源于网络
古英语中的“dumb,”指的是人,“沉默的,无言的,不说话的或无法说话的”,源自原始日耳曼语中的“*dumbaz”,意为“哑的,愚钝的”,可能源自 PIE 中的“*dheubh-”,意为“混乱,昏迷,头晕”,源自词根“*dheu-”(1),“尘土,雾气,蒸汽,烟雾”,也表达了与“感知或智力缺陷”相关的概念。自13世纪以来,“-b”可能一直保持沉默。相关词汇: Dumbly; dumber; dumbest。对于动物来说,“缺乏言语”,因此“没有智力”(约1200年)。
这种意义上的分歧可能是通过“因为无知或不理解而不回应”的概念而来的。古英语、古撒克逊语(dumb)、哥特语(dumbs)和古诺尔斯语(dumbr)中的词形只表示“哑的,无言的”; 在古高地德语(thumb)中,它既有这个意思,又有“愚蠢”的意思,在现代德语中,后者成为唯一的意思(“哑的,无言的”这个意思则用 stumm 表示)。在中古英语中,“愚蠢,无知”的意思偶尔出现,但这个意义上的现代用法(自1823年以来)似乎是受到德语 dumm 的影响,尤其是在宾夕法尼亚德语中。
dumb-cake ..., n. A cake made in silence on St Mark's Eve, with numerous ceremonies, by maids, to discover their future husbands. [Century Dictionary]
哑糕...,名词。在圣马克前夜,由女仆们在沉默中制作的蛋糕,伴有许多仪式,用来发现她们未来的丈夫。[世纪词典]
用于指代无声的设计,因此 dumb-waiter。Dumb ox “愚蠢的人”可追溯至1756年; dumb-bunny “愚蠢的人”是1922年大学俚语; dumb blonde “被视为无法理解复杂事物的女人”可追溯至1936年。
哑的:不能说话的,同mute
Adjective and Verb Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German tumb mute
The first known use of dumb was before the 12th century
dumbadjective
lacking the human power of speech
dumb animals
of a person, offensive lacking the ability to speak—used especially in the past
not willing to speak
stupid sense 1a, unthinking
dumbadjective
lacking the human power of speech
dumb animals
of a person, offensive lacking the ability to speak—used especially in the past
not willing to speak
stupid sense 1a, unthinking
dumbbellnoun
a bar with weights at the ends that is usually used for exercise or building strength
a stupid person : dummy entry 1
dumbadjective
lacking the human power of speech
dumb animals
of a person, offensive lacking the ability to speak—used especially in the past
not willing to speak
stupid sense 1a, unthinking
1 If you didn’t know trolls were dumb animals, you’d swear the beast was grinning.
2 She came in first and turned her large shining eyes on a bunch of dumb sweating-mad faces.
3 She was dumb with surprise.
她因吃惊而说不出话来.
4 I pretend I don’t hear her—as I have tried to do all week when she brings up some other dumb thing about Michael Clark.
5 I mean most girls are so dumb and all.
6 “For a smart girl, sometimes you make dumb choices.”
7 “Now why would I do a dumb fool thing like that? Help you do what?”
8 Some dumb kid, I figured, so I dumped my load of pudding on the hand.
9 We just can’t get past the stereotype of the dumb jock.
10 I felt so responsible for getting Branwell to talk that I asked him a bunch of dumb questions.
11 They each do better under those conditions, and a farmer who would mix white and black chickens would be the dumbest man in the world.”
12 “Some dumb rule. The idiots in charge think the indigenas don’t have good hygiene or something. Like they’ll make the pool dirty.”
13 It was a dumb idea in the first place.
14 I may be dumb, but I’m not stupid!!!
15 I know it, and still—I’m letting the hook pierce me like some dumb fish that’s been hooked a billion times before and still hasn’t figured it out yet that hooks are the enemy.
16 I like the words calming presence much more than White Rabbit or dumb mute.
17 They couldn’t even swallow their dumb pride and visit together.
18 I would think about some conversation we were having where I was dumb.
19 Comprehension dawned slowly on Colonel Cathcart; when it came, he was struck dumb.
20 “That is the dumbest thing I ever heard. What is your game?”
1 不说话
3 哑口无言
4 迟钝的
laggard fat-witted slow wooden gross dull dim inactive blunt opaque numb chuckle sluggish lymphatic inert insensitive bovine musty crass obtuse lumpish torpid dopey slow-witted Boeotian purblind stick-in-the-mud blockish logy unapt blate inconscient stockish clotty dumpish cowish thick
5 无知
clueless simple dark blind rude mindless uninformed vacuous unintelligent unlearned benighted untutored uninstructed empty-headed untaught unilluminated ignorance unknowing
7 迟钝
laggard fat-witted slow wooden gross dull dim inactive blunt opaque numb chuckle sluggish lymphatic inert insensitive bovine musty crass obtuse lumpish torpid dopey slow-witted Boeotian purblind stick-in-the-mud blockish logy unapt blate inconscient stockish clotty dumpish cowish thick dully rust opacity inertia phlegm dullness torpor insensibility hebetate opiate constipate deaden bate
9 愚笨的
simple soft thick stupid pointless opaque barren dizzy daft unwise balmy obtuse brainless asinine sheepish witless puerile fatuous daffy poky half-witted Boeotian thick-headed blockish light in the head
12 无知的
clueless simple dark blind rude mindless uninformed vacuous unintelligent unlearned benighted untutored uninstructed empty-headed untaught unilluminated
13 使通俗化
14 使沉默
15 口齿不清
16 不说话的
17 不会说话的
21 不用语言表达的
22 口齿不清的
23 傻的
crazy stupid fool silly foolish goofy daft dim-witted ditzy dippy clownish daffy gormless empty-headed dof
24 笨
thick loony unintelligent dim-witted slow-witted birdbrained puddingheaded benzene simple slow stupid dizzy daft asinine doff dippy thickheaded dof stupidity dull dim simple-minded dozy gormless thick-headed bird-brained
25 无言
mum mute unspoken tacit wordless voiceless taciturn dumbly silence dumbness taciturnity mutism word silent speechless
26 笨蛋
dill damfool beetlebrain beetlehead poonce softhead bucket-head asshead schmegeggy mush-head thimblewit fish-face shit-for-brains cabbagehead marble-dome numbie oofus peahead pee-head klupper balloon-head lard-head stoopnagel deadneck clunkhead mo-mo numb-head wantwit one block soft thick screw patch wet mess stupid dip fool ass innocent strawberry turkey stiff lump idiot calf sausage dub mug sap bunny pudding clot lobster lug jay asshole donkey boob meatball moron yo-yo lob gopher goof yak turnip muff mutt loon booby flathead dildo zany newt jackass squeegee chump twit clunk Angora hammerhead sappy imbecile wally spastic dickhead twerp yap clod Charlie schmuck pinhead knucklehead divvy bonehead rube oaf shithead dolt duffer nitwit blockhead dimwit meathead blunderbuss dipshit ninny dullard fathead schmo nincompoop cuddy putz widgeon schlub fondling butterhead Boeotian dunderhead drongo berk nit daw nong nowt noddy muggins blankety chucklehead numskull lunk hardhead lunkhead poon mome moke thickhead looby lamebrain bubblehead jughead squarehead goog knothead feeb leatherhead plonker thicko tackhead josser stupe saphead yold schmendrick juggins one-eye woodenhead goopher loogan schloomp potato-head mopoke clodpate Sawny gulpin puddinghead doughhead blubberhead
31 傻
crazy stupid fool silly foolish goofy daft dim-witted ditzy dippy clownish daffy gormless empty-headed dof
32 无音的
33 愚蠢的
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded wild dense insane ludicrous senseless daft preposterous asinine barmy puerile dozy empty-headed hare-brained apish feather-brained crack-brained spoony soft crazy dull dim potty far-fetched overgrown obtuse unintelligent divvy soppy lumpen dull-witted dilly goosey blockish wanky dof glaikit dotish dead from the neck up a brick short of a load kooky loopy vapid duff daffy boneheaded dumb-ass half-witted fat-headed blunt bullish idiotic zany sodden insensate gaga footless scatty cockamamy softheaded muddleheaded hebetate off onion clueless damfool opaque brute vacuous simple-minded ditzy muddle-headed half-arsed ridiculous clownish mental cheesy cursed demented naff bananas blundering thick-headed bird-brained coocoo piss-ass doiled wet vain dope nutty inert cranky loon nitty loony vagabond drippy Dotty harebrained cockeyed foppish Boeotian simpleminded goaty hairbrained unwitty reasonless clotty clottish
34 愚笨
simple soft thick stupid pointless opaque barren dizzy daft unwise balmy obtuse brainless asinine sheepish witless puerile fatuous daffy poky half-witted Boeotian thick-headed blockish folly lunacy slow of wit light in the head
35 闭口不言
36 愚蠢
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept balmy crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded stockishly stupidly foolishly unwisely senselessly idiotically fatuously inanely sillily gawkily babyism stockishness meshugaas moronity folly stupidity absurdity silliness ineptitude dumbo inanity imbecility dumbness unwisdom fatuity dulness jackassery moronism boobery wild dense insane ludicrous senseless daft preposterous asinine barmy puerile dozy empty-headed hare-brained apish feather-brained crack-brained vacuity puerility out of senses not know arse from elbow crazy dim potty obtuse kooky loopy vapid duff daffy boneheaded dumb-ass half-witted fat-headed dimly mindlessly moronically thickness foolishness idiocy dimness senselessness denseness obtuseness stupidness dull blunt bullish idiotic zany sodden insensate gaga footless scatty cockamamy softheaded muddleheaded hebetate shit arse infatuation besot have a thick skull off onion clueless damfool opaque brute vacuous simple-minded ditzy soppy muddle-headed spoony blockish density half-arsed soft ridiculous clownish off your trolley mental cheesy cursed demented unintelligent naff bananas blundering thick-headed bird-brained absurdly be going soft be not allthere coocoo piss-ass doiled wet vain dope nutty inert cranky loon nitty loony vagabond drippy Dotty harebrained cockeyed foppish Boeotian goosey simpleminded goaty hairbrained unwitty reasonless clotty clottish fondly madly narreshkeit cock ridicule fondness gammon doofus div daffiness desipience stumer a hole in the head
39 打手势的
41 笨的
thick loony unintelligent dim-witted slow-witted birdbrained puddingheaded stupid dense dull brainless dippy dozy dull-witted pea-brained thick-skulled pinheaded silly as a wheel slow dizzy daft asinine doff thickheaded dof dim simple-minded gormless thick-headed bird-brained
42 不出声的
44 沉默的
quiet mum unspeaking close word silent reticent quiescent resting inexpressive unexpressive unvocal
45 麻木
dead dull numb anesthetic comatose insensible torpid spaced-out spacy asleep coma callous callosity opiate desensitize anesthetize sodden benumb
46 沉默
mum unspeaking silence reticence mutism in silence close word silent reticent quiescent resting inexpressive unexpressive unvocal quiescency peace quiet shell hush quiescence reticency extinguish dark mute muted unspoken tacit wordless tight-lipped voiceless incommunicable tight-mouthed silently still reserve stillness tongue-tie drum down tie off drag in your rope
48 说不出话的