| 单词 | dumb |
| 释义 | dumb (once / 351 pages) 1adj 2adj Today, most of the time someone or something is described as dumb when it shows a lack of thought, like your dumb idea of wearing flip-flops in a snowstorm. Dumb is the Old English word that means "mute, speechless," and itself came from an even older word dheubh meaning "confusion, stupefaction, dizziness." Today, dumb still means "unable to speak," but it doesn't have anything to do with intelligence. Its other meaning, however, does. If you make a dumb mistake, it's something you could have avoided if you thought it through first. WORD FAMILYdumb: dumber, dumbest, dumbly, dumbness USAGE EXAMPLESMills said, “That’s where Miranda’s a savior. I felt dumb that I was falling for the competition.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Mr. Obama was a state senator from Illinois in October 2002 when he famously condemned Iraq as a “dumb war.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) In other words, country folks should stay bought and the working class is too dumb to understand what’s good for them. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) 1 adj slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity 2dumb officials make some really dumb decisions Syn dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow stupid lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity 1adj lacking the power of human speech dumb animals Syn inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words 2adj temporarily incapable of speaking struck dumb Syn speechless inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words 3adj unable to speak because of hereditary deafness Syn mute, silent inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
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