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1. Oxford Dictionary

   dumb

   • IPA[dʌm]

   英式

   • adj.
     temporarily unable or unwilling to speak；resulting in or expressed by speechlessness
   • v.
     make dumb or unheard; silence
2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. temporarily unable or unwilling to speak she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse 同義詞 speechless, tongue-tied, wordless, silent, at a loss for words, ... 更多voiceless, inarticulate, taciturn, uncommunicative, untalkative, tight-lipped, close-mouthed, saying nothing, informalmum
   • ▪ resulting in or expressed by speechlessness they stared in dumb amazement 同義詞 speechless, tongue-tied, wordless, silent, at a loss for words, ... 更多voiceless, inarticulate, taciturn, uncommunicative, untalkative, tight-lipped, close-mouthed, saying nothing, informalmum
   • 2. dated, offensive (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness he was born deaf, dumb, and blind 同義詞 mute, unable to speak, without the power of speech, technicalaphasic, aphonic
   • ▪ (of animals) unable to speak as a natural state and thus regarded as helpless or deserving pity.
   • 3. North American informal stupid a dumb question 同義詞 stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, ... 更多mindless, foolish, slow-witted, slow, dull, dull-witted, witless, half-witted, blockish, doltish, dunce-like, simple, simple-minded, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, cretinous, obtuse, bovine, lumpish, informalthick, dim, dopey, dippy, dozy, half-baked, slow on the uptake, soft in the head, thickheaded, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden-headed, fat-headed, thick-skulled, muttonheaded, boneheaded, lamebrained, birdbrained, pea-brained, brain-dead, dead from the neck up, daft, not the full shilling, as thick as two short planks, dof, dotish, vulgar slangdumb-ass反義詞 clever
   • 4. (of a computer terminal) able only to transmit data to or receive data from a computer; having no independent processing capability.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. literary make dumb or unheard; silence a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue

   片語

   • dumb luck
   • play dumb
   • dumb down