跟我背CET4核心詞匯:dumb
dumb
說不出話的 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
這兩個形容詞均有 啞的，不能說話的 之意。
dumb 可與mute換用，但dumb指根本沒有說話能力或失去了說話能力。
mute 多指因后天疾病而引起的聾啞，有時也指因故不說話。
參考例句
1. The sight of his former wife dumbed the words in his mouth.
他一看見他的前妻，頓時感到語塞，說不出話來。
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.
綠樹長到我的窗前，仿佛是喑啞的大地發出的渴望之聲。
雙語釋義
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. 說不出話的
例：We were all struck dumb for a minute.
我們一時個個都啞口無言。
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.
我想出了這個愚蠢而惱人的主意。
常見用法
用作形容詞
Shes been dumb from birth.
她生來就是啞巴。
It was dumb of you to say that.
你說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傻頭傻腦的金發女郎。
He was struck dumb by her sharp question.
他被她那尖銳的問題弄得啞口無言。
We were struck dumb with horror and grief.
驚恐和憂傷使我們啞口無言。
dumb
說不出話的 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
這兩個形容詞均有 啞的，不能說話的 之意。
dumb 可與mute換用，但dumb指根本沒有說話能力或失去了說話能力。
mute 多指因后天疾病而引起的聾啞，有時也指因故不說話。
參考例句
1. The sight of his former wife dumbed the words in his mouth.
他一看見他的前妻，頓時感到語塞，說不出話來。
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.
綠樹長到我的窗前，仿佛是喑啞的大地發出的渴望之聲。
雙語釋義
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. 說不出話的
例：We were all struck dumb for a minute.
我們一時個個都啞口無言。
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.
我想出了這個愚蠢而惱人的主意。
常見用法
用作形容詞
Shes been dumb from birth.
她生來就是啞巴。
It was dumb of you to say that.
你說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傻頭傻腦的金發女郎。
He was struck dumb by her sharp question.
他被她那尖銳的問題弄得啞口無言。
We were struck dumb with horror and grief.
驚恐和憂傷使我們啞口無言。
