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dumb    音标拼音: [d'ʌm]
a. 哑的,哑巴的,无声的,沉默的

哑的,哑巴的,无声的,沈默的

dumb
基本型

dumb
adj 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"
[synonym: {dense}, {dim}, {dull}, {dumb}, {obtuse}, {slow}]
2: temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless
with shock" [synonym: {speechless}, {dumb}]
3: lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"
4: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [synonym: {dumb},
{mute}, {silent}]

Dumb \Dumb\, v. t.
To put to silence. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster] dumbbell


Dumb \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See {Deaf}, and cf.
{Dummy}.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
--Hooker.
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2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
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This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.
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To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C.
Shairp.
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3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
--De Foe.
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{Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}.

{Dumb ague}, or {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever
which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.]

{Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
to man, who is a "speaking animal."

{Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
future husbands. --Halliwell.

{Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the
tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
speech.

{Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}.

{Dumb show}.
(a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise."
--Shak.
(b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
in dumb show.

{To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
speech.

Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}.
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191 Moby Thesaurus words for "dumb":
Boeotian, abiotic, anaudic, animal, animalian, animalic,
animalistic, aphasic, aphonic, apish, asinine, awkward, azoic,
batty, beastlike, beastly, beef-brained, beef-witted, befooled,
beguiled, besotted, bestial, blankminded, blockheaded, blockish,
bovine, brainless, breathless, brief, brusque, brutal, brute,
brutelike, brutish, buffoonish, callow, chumpish, cloddish, close,
close-tongued, closemouthed, cockeyed, concise, cowish, crass,
crazy, credulous, curt, daffy, daft, dazed, dense, dizzy, doltish,
doting, dull, dullard, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck,
duncical, duncish, economical of words, empty, empty-headed,
exanimate, fat, fatheaded, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, fond, fool,
foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, gauche, goofy, green,
groping, gross, gulled, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, inane,
inanimate, inanimated, inarticulate, incoherent,
indisposed to talk, indistinct, ineducable, inept, inert,
inexperienced, infatuated, innocent, insane, insensate, insensible,
insentient, instinctive, instinctual, klutzy, know-nothing, kooky,
laconic, lifeless, loony, lumpish, mad, maudlin, maundering,
mindless, moronic, mum, mute, naive, nescient, nonconscious,
nonliving, nonrational, numskulled, nutty, oafish, opaque, quiet,
raw, reticent, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, short,
silent, silly, simple, snug, sottish, soulless, sparing of words,
speechless, strange to, stricken dumb, stupid, subhuman, taciturn,
tentative, terse, thick, thick-witted, thoughtless, tight-lipped,
tongue-tied, tongueless, unacquainted, unanimated, unapprized,
uncommunicative, uncomprehending, unconscious, unconversant,
unenlightened, unfamiliar, unfeeling, unilluminated, uninformed,
uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unloquacious, unposted,
unripe, unsure, untalkative, unteachable, unversed, vacuous,
voiceless, wacky, wet, witless, word-bound, wordless, wrongheaded,
zoic, zooidal, zoologic

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  • DUMB Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions stupid implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary
  • DUMB Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    DUMB definition: lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted See examples of dumb used in a sentence
  • Dumb Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    I'm not dumb enough to believe that It was a dumb idea in the first place He just stood there with a dumb grin on his face This is one of the dumbest TV shows I've ever seen She played acted dumb [=pretended to know or understand less than she really did] so we would assign her the easier tasks It was dumb luck that we found this place at all
  • DUMB | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    Don’t say anything – just act play dumb (= pretend to be stupid or not to know something)
  • dumb, adj. , n. , adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .
    There are 28 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word dumb, one of which is labelled obsolete, and four of which are considered offensive and derogatory See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • Meaning of dumb with Examples in Sentence | dumb Meaning at . . .
    dumb Meaning with Examples - Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes - Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show
  • Dumb - meaning definition in Lingvanex Dictionary
    Learn meaning, synonyms and translation for the word "Dumb" Get examples of how to use the word "Dumb" in English
  • Definition of dumb in English - wordhelp. com
    Looking for the definition of dumb in English? We got 18 definitions of dumb with synonyms, antonyms, other related words, and meanings
  • Dumb - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
    The Old English, Old Saxon (dumb), Gothic (dumbs), and Old Norse (dumbr) forms of the word meant only "mute, speechless;" in Old High German (thumb) it meant both this and "stupid," and in Modern German this latter became the only sense (the sense of "mute, speechless" being expressed by stumm)
  • Intermediate+ Word of the Day: dumb - WordReference
    Cutting the branch you're sitting on is pretty dumb You might have heard the adjective dumb used to describe people or actions, with the meaning of ‘stupid’ or ‘silly ’ It also means ‘useless’ when talking about things If we are talking about an animal, it means ‘without the power of speech ’





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