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Oxford American Dictionary
dumb
- IPA[dəm]
美式
- adj.
  
  temporarily unable or unwilling to speak；resulting in or expressed by speechlessness
- v.
  
  make dumb or unheard; silence
- 釋義
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- 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, halfwitted, blockish, doltish, dunce-like, simple, simpleminded, 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, peabrained, 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 splendor that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue
dumb-bell
n.
a short bar with a weight at each end, used typically in pairs for exercise or muscle-building.
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dumb waiter
n.
a small lift for carrying things, especially food and crockery, between the floors of a building.
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dumb waiter
n.
a small elevator for carrying things, especially food and dishes, between the floors of a building.
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dumb down
ph.
simplify or reduce the intellectual content of something so as to make it accessible to a ...
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play dumb
ph.
pretend to be unintelligent or unaware in order to deceive someone or gain an advantage
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dumb iron
n.
a curved side piece of a vehicle chassis, to which the front springs are attached.
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dumb blonde
n.
a blonde-haired woman perceived in a stereotypical way as being attractive but unintelligent.
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dumb down
ph.
simplify or reduce the intellectual content of something so as to make it accessible to a ...
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dumb
IPA[dʌm]
英式
adj.
temporarily unable or unwilling to speak: she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse
v.
make dumb or unheard; silence: a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue
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