adj.(形容词)

1. 哑的，不能说话的
2. 愚蠢的，傻的，笨的
3. 一时说不出话的
4. 不肯开口的
5. 沉默的，无声的，无言的
6. 无音的，不响的
7. 打手势的，打哑语的
8. 口齿不清的
9. 无代言人的
10. 政治上无发言权的
11. 默默的

n.(名词)

1. 砂眼
2. 呆哑症

v.(动词)

1. 减少…的专业性教育内容
2. 降低…的标准
3. 使沉默

adj.(形容词)

1. 哑的 unable to speak
2. [P]说不出话的 temporarily silent; refusing to speak
3. 愚蠢的 that was a pretty dumb thing to do

Adjective:

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"
   "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
   "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
   "worked with the slow students"
   

2. temporarily incapable of speaking;

   "struck dumb"
   "speechless with shock"
   

3. lacking the power of human speech;

   "dumb animals"
   

4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

1.哑的;不能说话的
Someone who isdumb is completely unable to speak.

e.g. ...a young deaf anddumb man.
年轻的聋哑男子

2.(在某种场合下因愤怒或惊讶而)说不出话的,哑口无言的
If someone isdumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised.

e.g. We were all struckdumb for a minute.
一时间我们惊讶得哑口无言。

dumbly
I shook my head dumbly, not believing him.
我一言不发地摇了摇头,不相信他的话。

3.(人)愚蠢的,傻的,笨的
If you call a persondumb, you mean that they are stupid or foolish.

e.g. I've met a lot ofdumb people...
我遇到过很多笨蛋。
e.g. The questions were set up to make her lookdumb.
问题这么设计，就是为了让她出丑。

4.愚蠢的;令人心烦的;令人恼火的
If you say that something isdumb, you think that it is silly and annoying.

dumb

e.g. I came up with thisdumb idea...
我想出了这个馊主意。
e.g. It's the media that'sdumb.
让人恼火的是媒体。

5.无声的;无言的;不用言语表达的
Something that isdumb is done or expressed without words.

e.g. An expression ofdumb recognition wiggled across her features.
她不语，从她脸上掠过的一丝表情可知她是认得的。

dumbing down
He accused broadcasters of contributing to the dumbing down of America.
他谴责广播员过分简化了美国的形象。

相关词组：dumb down

1. (哑)：有些歌曲,像<>、<>(dumb)、<>(PennyroyalTea)因为小样曝光,早已被做成盗版四处流传. 因此,柯特92年时就想制作新专辑,只是由于当时乐队三个人正好天各一方又心存别扭,而且柯妮还有孕在身,所以才拖到了现在.

2. 笨的：他们可能是聪明的(Smart),也可能是鲁笨的(dumb). 聪明的决策者接受到关于资产价格的信息,而鲁笨的决策者只能接受到噪音. 委托人,包括决策者本身并不知道A,B的类型,但在A,B做出决策后,委托人可以根据结果和决策修改.

She's been dumb from birth.

她生来就是哑巴。

It was dumb of you to say that.

你说那种话真是太愚蠢了。

She was unfairly caricatured as a dumb blonde.

她被不公正地丑化成了一个傻头傻脑的金发女郎。

He was struck dumb by her sharp question.

他被她那尖锐的问题弄得哑口无言。

We were struck dumb with horror and grief.

惊恐和忧伤使我们哑口无言。

We sat there in dumb silence.

我们坐在那里，默然无语。

That was a pretty dumb thing to do.

做那样的事太愚蠢了。

If the police question you, act dumb (= pretend you do not know anything) .

如果警察盘问，你就装傻。

In her early movies she played a dumb blonde .

在她早期的电影中，她扮演傻乎乎的金发女郎。

'u2018Are you all right? 'u2019 Laura nodded dumbly.

“你身体好吗？”劳拉默默地点了点头。

We were all struck dumb with amazement.

我们都惊讶得说不出话来。

She was born deaf and dumb .

她天生又聋又哑。

An expression of dumb recognition wiggled across her features.

她不语，从她脸上掠过的一丝表情可知她是认得的。

It's the media that's dumb.

让人恼火的是媒体。

...a young deaf and dumb man.

年轻的聋哑男子

We were all struck dumb for a minute.

一时间我们惊讶得哑口无言。

I've met a lot of dumb people...

我遇到过很多笨蛋。

The questions were set up to make her look dumb.

问题这么设计，就是为了让她出丑。

I came up with this dumb idea...

我想出了这个馊主意。

It is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means.

这是我们对人生真谛的一种多少有些说不出来的感悟.

We do not wish her to grow up dumb like the average doll.

我们不希望她变得像木偶一样头脑简单.

dumb folks get no lands.

口懒说,无所获.

He who teaches the deaf and dumb must be armed with patience.

教聋哑学生的人必须有耐心.

As the words slipped off my tongue, they sounded dumb.

当话语在舌尖滑出, 听起来似乎口齿不清.

She was dumb with surprise.

她因吃惊而说不出话来.

The trouble with these students was not that they were dumb, or lacking in basic aptitudes.

与这些学生相伴的困难不是他们不会说话, 或者缺乏基本能力.

But once again, the dumb head is the experimenter, not the subject.

但又一次, 愚蠢的是实验者, 而非实验对象.

Never inflict useless pain on dumb animals.

切勿给不会说话的动物施加无谓的痛苦.

Pronounce your words clearly. In the word ' dumb ', you don't pronounce the ' B '

字音要发清楚. 在 “ dumb ” 这个字中, “ B ” 不发音.

He is dumb in the face of the fact.

他在事实面前哑口无言.

No one knew of these transactions , nor was he going to mention them to anyone else. He was like the dumb man eating the bitter herb; he had to suffer in silence.

这件事谁也不知道, 他又不能对任何人提起, 真是哑巴吃黄连, 有苦说不出.

用作定语～+ n.

1. She is very kind to the dumb children.
   她对哑童非常好。
2. This is a dumb mistake.
   这是一个愚蠢的错误。

用作表语S+be+～

1. He was dumb.
   他是哑的。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. He is dumb on the subject.
   他对这个问题表示沉默。
2. He was dumb with astonishment.
   他吃惊得说不出话来。

It is/was+～+of sb+to- v

1. It was dumb of you to say that.
   你说这种话太愚蠢了。

用作宾语补足语S+V+O+～

1. The terrible news struck us all dumb.
   可怕的消息吓得我们目瞪口呆。

～+名词

• dumb%20mistake">dumb mistake愚蠢的错误
• dumb%20show">dumb show哑剧

～+介词

• dumb%20from">dumb from从…就哑
• dumb%20on">dumb on保持沉默
• dumb%20with">dumb with发不出声来

• Its thunder made the cataracts dumb.

  出自：Shelley

• The streets are dumb with snow.

  出自：Tennyson

• Having to translate his work into dumbed-down metaphors for the shiny-shoe set.

  出自：P. Bronson

询问对方年龄

A：You really do look great tonight, Amber.
你今天晚上看起来很美，Amber。

B：Why, thank you. You don't look so bad yourself (laughs)
谢谢。你看起来也不错啊！(笑起来)

A：(laughing also) I appreciate that. Speaking of which, I was wondering if I am older than you, because you look so young. How old are you, anyway?
(也笑起来)非常感谢，说起这个，我在想我一定比你大因为你看起来很年轻。你多大了？

B：(hesitatingly) Oh, I'm not too old, but I'm over eighteen.
(犹豫了一下)哦，我还不算太老，但是也过了18岁了。

A：I'm sorry, maybe that was adumb question.
对不起，可能这是个很愚蠢的问题。

B：No, it's not that. Just…well, I was just a little surprised with your question. It's a bit unusual here for people to ask about age so soon.
不，不是那么回事，只是……我真是被你的问题弄得很吃惊。在这里，这么快地问别人有多大不太常见。

A：Forgive me. I didn't mean to be impolite or rude.
请原谅我，我不是故意这么粗鲁无理的。

dumb在线翻译

B：I know. Anyway, I'm 27.
我知道，不管它了，我27岁了。

A：Really. You don't look a day over 23. How do you stay so young-looking?
真的吗？你看起来还不到23岁。你是怎么保持年轻的？

B：(flattered) No special way. Just a happy-go-lucky type of person, I guess.
Amber :(高兴状)没什么特殊的方法。只是生性快乐罢了。

A：Well, it works. You really don't look your age. I'm 28, by the way.
看来行得通。你看上去真的没那么大。另外我28岁了。

dumb什么意思

B：(jokingly) Is that right? I thought you might be a bit older…just joking.
(开玩笑地说)是真的吗？我觉得你可能更老一点……开开玩笑而已。

A：I guess I deserved that. (changing the subject) So, what about….
我想你说得对。(换了一个话题)那么……

adj.(形容词)

1. dumb作“哑的”解时无比较等级。

adj.(形容词)

dumb, mute, speechless

dumb一般指根本没有说话能力,常指动物; mute 强调为某种原因而沉默; speechless 指哑口无言的。

dumb，mute

这两个形容词均有“哑的，不能说话的”之意。

dumb可与mute换用，但dumb指原本没有说话能力或失去了说话能力。

mute多指因后天疾病而引起的聋哑，有时也指因故不说话。

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的dumb，意为沉默，不能说话。