dumb

　　說(shuō)不出話的 temporarily silent; refusing to speak

　　愚蠢的 that was a pretty dumb thing to do

　　同義詞

　　a. dense，dim，mute，speechless

　　詞匯辨析

　　dumb，mute

　　這兩個(gè)形容詞均有 啞的，不能說(shuō)話的 之意。

　　dumb 可與mute換用，但dumb指根本沒(méi)有說(shuō)話能力或失去了說(shuō)話能力。

　　mute 多指因后天疾病而引起的聾啞，有時(shí)也指因故不說(shuō)話。

　　參考例句

　　1. The sight of his former wife dumbed the words in his mouth.

　　他一看見(jiàn)他的前妻，頓時(shí)感到語(yǔ)塞，說(shuō)不出話來(lái)。

　　2. I did a dumb thing.

　　我做了一件愚蠢的事。

　　3. The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.

　　綠樹(shù)長(zhǎng)到我的窗前，仿佛是喑啞的大地發(fā)出的渴望之聲。

　　雙語(yǔ)釋義

　　1.ADJ Someone who is dumb is completely unable to speak. 啞的

　　例：...a young deaf and dumb man.

　　一名年輕的聾啞人。

　　2.ADJ If someone is dumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised. 說(shuō)不出話的

　　例：We were all struck dumb for a minute.

　　我們一時(shí)個(gè)個(gè)都啞口無(wú)言。

　　3.ADJ If you call a person dumb, you mean that they are stupid or foolish. 蠢的

　　例：The questions were set up to make her look dumb.

　　這些問(wèn)題是安排好讓她顯得蠢的。

　　4.ADJ If you say that something is dumb, you think that it is silly and annoying. 愚蠢而惱人的

　　例：I came up with this dumb idea.

　　我想出了這個(gè)愚蠢而惱人的主意。

　　常見(jiàn)用法

　　用作形容詞

　　Shes been dumb from birth.

　　她生來(lái)就是啞巴。

　　It was dumb of you to say that.

　　你說(shuō)那種話真是太愚蠢了。

　　She was unfairly caricatured as a dumb blonde.

　　她被不公正地丑化成了一個(gè)傻頭傻腦的金發(fā)女郎。

　　He was struck dumb by her sharp question.

　　他被她那尖銳的問(wèn)題弄得啞口無(wú)言。

　　We were struck dumb with horror and grief.

　　驚恐和憂傷使我們啞口無(wú)言。

　　dumb

　　說(shuō)不出話的 temporarily silent; refusing to speak

　　愚蠢的 that was a pretty dumb thing to do

　　同義詞

　　a. dense，dim，mute，speechless

　　詞匯辨析

　　dumb，mute

　　這兩個(gè)形容詞均有 啞的，不能說(shuō)話的 之意。

　　dumb 可與mute換用，但dumb指根本沒(méi)有說(shuō)話能力或失去了說(shuō)話能力。

　　mute 多指因后天疾病而引起的聾啞，有時(shí)也指因故不說(shuō)話。

　　參考例句

　　1. The sight of his former wife dumbed the words in his mouth.

　　他一看見(jiàn)他的前妻，頓時(shí)感到語(yǔ)塞，說(shuō)不出話來(lái)。

　　2. I did a dumb thing.

　　我做了一件愚蠢的事。

　　3. The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth.

　　綠樹(shù)長(zhǎng)到我的窗前，仿佛是喑啞的大地發(fā)出的渴望之聲。

　　雙語(yǔ)釋義

　　1.ADJ Someone who is dumb is completely unable to speak. 啞的

　　例：...a young deaf and dumb man.

　　一名年輕的聾啞人。

　　2.ADJ If someone is dumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised. 說(shuō)不出話的

　　例：We were all struck dumb for a minute.

　　我們一時(shí)個(gè)個(gè)都啞口無(wú)言。

　　3.ADJ If you call a person dumb, you mean that they are stupid or foolish. 蠢的

　　例：The questions were set up to make her look dumb.

　　這些問(wèn)題是安排好讓她顯得蠢的。

　　4.ADJ If you say that something is dumb, you think that it is silly and annoying. 愚蠢而惱人的

　　例：I came up with this dumb idea.

　　我想出了這個(gè)愚蠢而惱人的主意。

　　常見(jiàn)用法

　　用作形容詞

　　Shes been dumb from birth.

　　她生來(lái)就是啞巴。

　　It was dumb of you to say that.

　　你說(shuō)那種話真是太愚蠢了。

　　She was unfairly caricatured as a dumb blonde.

　　她被不公正地丑化成了一個(gè)傻頭傻腦的金發(fā)女郎。

　　He was struck dumb by her sharp question.

　　他被她那尖銳的問(wèn)題弄得啞口無(wú)言。

　　We were struck dumb with horror and grief.

　　驚恐和憂傷使我們啞口無(wú)言。