单词 | inarticulate |
释义 | in·articulate 1. a. of a sound < gave a little inarticulate grunt — Edith Wharton > : indistinctly articulated or pronounced < speech so inarticulate it resembled a growl > b. (1) < almost inarticulate with excitement — Kenneth Roberts > < almost pathologically shy, he at times became totally inarticulate — C.B.Forcey > (2) < dazed with inarticulate pain — Edith Wharton > < inarticulate misery > (3) < 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) < 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) < the stumbling, almost inarticulate, speech of the boy — G.W.Russell > d. < the vast majority of the natives are politically inarticulate — A.F.Macdonald > 2. a. < an inarticulate worm > b. c. Synonyms: see dumb |
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