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dumb

英[dʌm] 美[dʌm]
  • adj. 哑的,无说话能力的;不说话的,无声音的

英英释意


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"- Thackeray
"dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
"he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
"worked with the slow students"
2. unable to speak temporarily;
"struck dumb"
"speechless with shock"
3. lacking the power of human speech;
"dumb animals"
4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness