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单词 inarticulate
释义 in·articulate
\|in+\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin inarticulatus, from Latin in- in- (I) + articulatus, past participle of articulare to utter distinctly — more at articulate
1.
 a. of a sound : uttered or formed without the definite articulations which produce intelligible speech
  < gave a little inarticulate grunt — Edith Wharton >
  : indistinctly articulated or pronounced
  < speech so inarticulate it resembled a growl >
 b.
  (1) : incapable of speech especially under stress of emotion : mute
   < almost inarticulate with excitement — Kenneth Roberts >
   < almost pathologically shy, he at times became totally inarticulate — C.B.Forcey >
  (2) : intense or compelling to the point of preventing speech : not accompanied or attended by speech : incapable of being expressed by speech
   < dazed with inarticulate pain — Edith Wharton >
   < inarticulate misery >
  (3) : not voiced or expressed : unspoken
   < inarticulate judicial notions of rightfulness or wrongfulness of motive — C.O.Gregory >
   < their inarticulate major premises — Times Literary Supplement >
   < expressed the inarticulate feelings of many scientists — Harrison Brown >
 c.
  (1) : unable to speak coherently, forcefully, or purposefully
   < remained stupidly inarticulate, saying something noncommittal — Victoria Sackville-West >
   < inarticulate as most of their class, they could do no more than utter bald phrases — Ruth Park >
  (2) : having an incoherent or disjointed character
   < the stumbling, almost inarticulate, speech of the boy — G.W.Russell >
 d. : incapable of giving clear and effective expression to one's feelings, ideas, or aspirations in any way
  < the vast majority of the natives are politically inarticulate — A.F.Macdonald >
2. [New Latin inarticulatus, from in- (I) + articulatus jointed — more at articulata]
 a. : not jointed : having no distinct body segments
  < an inarticulate worm >
 b. : lacking a hinge — used especially of certain brachiopod shells
 c. [New Latin Inarticulata] : of, resembling, or relating to the Inarticulata
Synonyms: see dumb
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