dumb
英 [d?m]
美[d?m]
- adj. 啞的，無(wú)說(shuō)話能力的；不說(shuō)話的，無(wú)聲音的
英英釋意
- 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"
- 2. unable to speak temporarily;
- "struck dumb"
- "speechless with shock"
- 3. lacking the power of human speech;
- "dumb animals"
- 4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness