dumb

[dʌm]

adj.哑的, 愚蠢的, 不能说话的
vt.使沉默

a.

1. 哑的, 不能说话的[Z]

2. 沉默寡言的; 不愿说话的; (因吃惊等)说不出话的

She was struck dumb with fear.

她害怕得说不出话。

3. 【主美】【口】愚笨的

He did a dumb thing.

他做了一件蠢事。

词形变化

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

词义辨析

同义:

a.哑的, 沉默寡言的

silent  mute  speechless

a.愚笨的, 迟钝的

stupid  dull  dense  

同义参见:

quiet  

反义参见:

smart  

英英释义

形容词 dumb:

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

同义词：dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow

unable to speak temporarily

同义词：speechless

lacking the power of human speech

unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

同义词：mute, silent

补充

dumbdumb英:[dʌm] 美:[dʌm]adj.1.哑的She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。2.说不出话的He is dumb on the subject.他对这个问题表示沉默。3.愚蠢的It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。

例句

1. She's deaf and dumb.她又聋又哑。 2. You should be kind to dumb animals.你们应该善待不通人言的动物。 3. I've met a lot of really dumb people.我遇到过很多非常愚笨的人。 4. It's the media that's dumb.蠢的是媒体。 5. The questions were set up to make her look dumb.这些问题是设计好的, 就是想让她露出蠢相。 6. 'What?' I said, still playing dumb.“什么？”我继续装傻。 7. I came up with this dumb idea.我想出了这个蠢主意。 8. It was a dumb thing to say.说这话很蠢。 9. She asks a lot of dumb questions.她问了很多蠢问题。 10. I was dumb with shyness and awe.我又羞又怕, 话都说不出来了。 11. Everyone seemed dumb with terror.每个人似乎都吓得说不出话来。 12. We were all struck dumb for a minute.一时间, 我们都说不出话来。 13. He stared at her in dumb admiration.他用爱慕的眼神一言不发地注视着她。 14. an expression of dumb recognition暗自认可的表情 15. The sight of his former wife dumbed the words in his mouth.他一看见他的前妻，顿时感到语塞，说不出话来。 16. to be dumbed by cocaine被可卡因麻醉 17. The class dumbed up when the teacher asked a difficult question.老师问一难题时全班学生变得沉默无言。 18. he was born deaf, dumb, and blind.他生来便又聋又哑又盲。 19. she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse.他骂不绝口时她只是默不作声地站着。 20. they stared in dumb amazement.他们惊得目瞪口呆。 21. a dumb question.一个愚蠢的问题。 22. the producers categorically deny that they're dumbing down the show.节目制作者明确否认他们要使节目通俗化。 23. the need to dumb down for mass audiences.为适应广大观众而进行通俗化的需要。 24. a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue.让人心醉神迷、叹为观止的壮丽景象。 25. What a dumb thing to do!干了这么一件蠢事！ 26. Ken did all the talking, and I just nodded dumbly.肯一个人在说话，我什么也没有说，只是点头。 27. I'm not dumb enough to believe that.我还不至于蠢到相信那件事。 28. It was a dumb idea in the first place.那根本就是个馊主意。 29. He just stood there with a dumb grin on his face.他只是站在那儿咧着嘴傻笑。 30. This is one of the dumbest TV shows I've ever seen.这是我看过的最烂的电视节目之一。 31. She played/acted dumb [=pretended to know or understand less than she really did] so we would assign her the easier tasks.她故意装傻充愣，好让我们给她分配轻松点的活儿。 32. It was dumb luck that we found this place at all.我们靠的是运气好，竟然找到了这个地方。 33. His success is just a matter of dumb luck.他的成功只不过是因为运气好。 34. I was struck dumb [=made speechless] by the surprise.我惊得目瞪口呆。 35. He was born deaf and dumb.他生来就是聋哑儿。 36. He stared dumbly at the test.他傻傻地盯着测试看。 37. The movie's dumbness [=stupidity] is actually pretty funny.这部电影里的愚蠢事还真挺滑稽的。 38. She refused to dumb down the language in her report.她拒绝在她的报告中使用更为浅显的语言。 39. The movie was a dumbed down version of the play.这部电影是剧本的简易版。 40. Cutting training programs will dumb down the American workforce.削减培训方案将会降低美国劳动力的素质。 41. She thinks television is contributing to the dumbing down of America.她认为电视正在使美国民众变得越来越低能。