英语词汇“dumb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

dumb

释义

adjective | verb

dumbdumb1 /dʌm/ ●●○ S2 adjective

ETYMOLOGYdumb¹

Origin: Old English

COLLOCATIONS► dumb blonde

She’s just a dumb blonde (=an offensive expression for a woman with blonde hair who is pretty, but seems stupid).

► struck dumb

The crowd was struck dumb by the sight of the hanging.

1informal stupid: That’s a dumb idea. I can’t get my dumb car to start. She’s just a dumb blonde (=an offensive expression for a woman with blonde hair who is pretty, but seems stupid).2unable to speak, because you are angry, surprised, shocked, etc.: The crowd was struck dumb by the sight of the hanging.3old-fashioned a word used to describe someone who is permanently unable to speak, now considered offensive by most people SYN mute → see also deaf and dumb4dumb luck the way in which something good happens in a completely unexpected way, especially if it is not deserved: It was just dumb luck that we found the place at all.5dumb animals/creatures an expression used to emphasize that animals cannot speak and that people often treat them badly—dumbly adverb—dumbness noun [uncountable]

adjective | verb

dumbdumb2 verb

VERB TABLE

dumb

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dumb
	he, she, it	dumbs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dumbed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dumbed
	he, she, it	has dumbed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dumbed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dumb
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dumbed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dumbing
	he, she, it	is dumbing
	you, we, they	are dumbing
Past	I, he, she, it	was dumbing
	you, we, they	were dumbing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dumbing
	he, she, it	has been dumbing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dumbing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dumbing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dumbing

dumb something ↔ down phrasal verb informal disapproving to make something very simple so that anyone can understand it: They’ve dumbed down the TV news so much it’s not really worth watching anymore.

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