dumb 音标拼音: [d'ʌm]
a . 哑的,哑巴的,无声的,沉默的
哑的,哑巴的,无声的,沈默的
dumb 基本型
dumb adj 1 :
slow to learn or understand ;
lacking intellectual acuity ;
"
so dense he never understands anything I say to him ";
"
never met anyone quite so dim "; "
although dull at classical learning ,
at mathematics he was uncommonly quick "-
Thackeray ; "
dumb officials make some really dumb decisions "; "
he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse "; "
worked with the slow students "
[
synonym : {
dense }, {
dim }, {
dull }, {
dumb }, {
obtuse }, {
slow }]
2 :
temporarily incapable of speaking ; "
struck dumb "; "
speechless with shock " [
synonym : {
speechless }, {
dumb }]
3 :
lacking the power of human speech ; "
dumb animals "
4 :
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [
synonym : {
dumb },
{
mute }, {
silent }]
Dumb \
Dumb \,
v .
t .
To put to silence . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
dumbbell
Dumb \
Dumb \,
a . [
AS .
dumb ;
akin to D .
dom stupid ,
dumb ,
Sw .
dumb ,
Goth .
dumbs ;
cf .
Gr . ?
blind .
See {
Deaf },
and cf .
{
Dummy }.]
1 .
Destitute of the power of speech ;
unable ;
to utter articulate sounds ;
as ,
the dumb brutes .
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To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures .
--
Hooker .
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2 .
Not willing to speak ;
mute ;
silent ;
not speaking ;
not accompanied by words ;
as ,
dumb show .
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This spirit ,
dumb to us ,
will speak to him . --
Shak .
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To pierce into the dumb past . --
J .
C .
Shairp .
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3 .
Lacking brightness or clearness ,
as a color . [
R .]
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Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color .
--
De Foe .
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{
Deaf and dumb }.
See {
Deaf -
mute }.
{
Dumb ague },
or {
Dumb chill },
a form of intermittent fever which has no well -
defined "
chill ." [
U .
S .]
{
Dumb animal },
any animal except man ; --
usually restricted to a domestic quadruped ; --
so called in contradistinction to man ,
who is a "
speaking animal ."
{
Dumb cake },
a cake made in silence by girls on St .
Mark '
s eve ,
with certain mystic ceremonies ,
to discover their future husbands . --
Halliwell .
{
Dumb cane } (
Bot .),
a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({
Dieffenbachia seguina }),
which ,
when chewed ,
causes the tongue to swell ,
and destroys temporarily the power of speech .
{
Dumb crambo }.
See under {
crambo }.
{
Dumb show }.
(
a )
Formerly ,
a part of a dramatic representation ,
shown in pantomime . "
Inexplicable dumb shows and noise ."
--
Shak .
(
b )
Signs and gestures without words ;
as ,
to tell a story in dumb show .
{
To strike dumb },
to confound ;
to astonish ;
to render silent by astonishment ;
or ,
it may be ,
to deprive of the power of speech .
Syn :
Silent ;
speechless ;
noiseless .
See {
Mute }.
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191 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dumb ":
Boeotian ,
abiotic ,
anaudic ,
animal ,
animalian ,
animalic ,
animalistic ,
aphasic ,
aphonic ,
apish ,
asinine ,
awkward ,
azoic ,
batty ,
beastlike ,
beastly ,
beef -
brained ,
beef -
witted ,
befooled ,
beguiled ,
besotted ,
bestial ,
blankminded ,
blockheaded ,
blockish ,
bovine ,
brainless ,
breathless ,
brief ,
brusque ,
brutal ,
brute ,
brutelike ,
brutish ,
buffoonish ,
callow ,
chumpish ,
cloddish ,
close ,
close -
tongued ,
closemouthed ,
cockeyed ,
concise ,
cowish ,
crass ,
crazy ,
credulous ,
curt ,
daffy ,
daft ,
dazed ,
dense ,
dizzy ,
doltish ,
doting ,
dull ,
dullard ,
dumbfounded ,
dumbstricken ,
dumbstruck ,
duncical ,
duncish ,
economical of words ,
empty ,
empty -
headed ,
exanimate ,
fat ,
fatheaded ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
flaky ,
fond ,
fool ,
foolheaded ,
foolish ,
fuddled ,
futile ,
gaga ,
gauche ,
goofy ,
green ,
groping ,
gross ,
gulled ,
idiotic ,
ignorant ,
imbecile ,
inane ,
inanimate ,
inanimated ,
inarticulate ,
incoherent ,
indisposed to talk ,
indistinct ,
ineducable ,
inept ,
inert ,
inexperienced ,
infatuated ,
innocent ,
insane ,
insensate ,
insensible ,
insentient ,
instinctive ,
instinctual ,
klutzy ,
know -
nothing ,
kooky ,
laconic ,
lifeless ,
loony ,
lumpish ,
mad ,
maudlin ,
maundering ,
mindless ,
moronic ,
mum ,
mute ,
naive ,
nescient ,
nonconscious ,
nonliving ,
nonrational ,
numskulled ,
nutty ,
oafish ,
opaque ,
quiet ,
raw ,
reticent ,
sappy ,
screwy ,
senseless ,
sentimental ,
short ,
silent ,
silly ,
simple ,
snug ,
sottish ,
soulless ,
sparing of words ,
speechless ,
strange to ,
stricken dumb ,
stupid ,
subhuman ,
taciturn ,
tentative ,
terse ,
thick ,
thick -
witted ,
thoughtless ,
tight -
lipped ,
tongue -
tied ,
tongueless ,
unacquainted ,
unanimated ,
unapprized ,
uncommunicative ,
uncomprehending ,
unconscious ,
unconversant ,
unenlightened ,
unfamiliar ,
unfeeling ,
unilluminated ,
uninformed ,
uninitiated ,
unintelligent ,
unknowing ,
unloquacious ,
unposted ,
unripe ,
unsure ,
untalkative ,
unteachable ,
unversed ,
vacuous ,
voiceless ,
wacky ,
wet ,
witless ,
word -
bound ,
wordless ,
wrongheaded ,
zoic ,
zooidal ,
zoologic
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DUMB Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of DUMB is lacking intelligence : stupid How to use dumb in a sentence Usage of Dumb: Usage Guide Synonym Discussion of Dumb
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Dumb Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary DUMB meaning: 1 : not showing or having good judgment or intelligence stupid or foolish; 2 : not requiring or resulting from intelligence