| 单词 | inanimate |
| 释义 | inanimate (once / 1942 pages) 1adj 2adj Inanimate describes a non-living thing. Chairs, baseballs, sofa cushions and sadly, snowmen, are all inanimate objects. We can break inanimate down into two Latin roots: in, which means “not,” and animatus, which translates to “alive.” So inanimate means simply, "not alive." That include things that are recently dead, things that were never alive to begin with, and things that simply look dead: A bear in hibernation may appear inanimate due to its decreased heart rate, but don’t be fooled — it’s very much alive. WORD FAMILYinanimate: inanimately, inanimateness+/animate: animated, animateness, animates, animating, animatingly, animation, animator, inanimate, reanimate/animated: animatedly, unanimated/animation: animations/animator: animators/reanimate: reanimated, reanimates, reanimating USAGE EXAMPLESIn each, a lone actor sits at a table and re-tells one of the playwright’s complex dramas using inanimate kitchen objects. Los Angeles Times(Dec 09, 2016) Murray railed at himself and everything else, inanimate objects and those breathing heavily on his behalf throughout the packed arena, in good moments and bad. The Guardian(Nov 19, 2016) The resulting pictures show inanimate objects caught up in restless movement: some circle, some gather, some dip. The New Yorker(Nov 18, 2016) 1 1adj not endowed with life the inorganic world is inanimate inanimate objects Syn|Ant non-living, nonliving nonconscious relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things animate endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life 2adj appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse 2an inanimate body Syn breathless, pulseless dead no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life adj belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things the word `car' is inanimate Ant animate belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings |
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