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单词

dumb

读音
dʌm
美式
英式
词根

"Dumb"没有明确的词根,它的形成与其语义发展有关。在英语历史中,它主要表示“无法发声”的意思。

释义

adj. 哑的,无说话能力的;不说话的,无声音的 [ 第三人称单数 dumbs 现在分词 dumbing 过去式 dumbed 过去分词 dumbed 比较级 dumber 最高级 dumbest ]

例句

I came up with this dumb idea.
我想出了这个愚蠢而恼人的主意。
She was born deaf and dumb.
她天生又聋又哑。
That was a pretty dumb thing to do.
做那样的事太愚蠢了。

强化记忆

想象一个"哑"的人,他无法通过语言表达,他可能会做出一些我们认为的"愚蠢"的事情,这就能帮助你记住“dumb”的意思了。"Dumb"源自中古英语的"dump", 也连接到德语的“dumm”和荷兰语的"doom",在古英语里,它表示“不能说话的”,也可以表示"愚蠢的"。

看视频学发音
"Did the Holocaust really happen?"Dumb skepticism.So we've ended up in this bizarre dynamic online,
listen to my nine millimeter go bang." You know what?You are dumb. You are really dumb.Hide your kids, hide your wife, 'cause we gettin' financial aid
is: "Why is there no revolution inside North Korea?Are we dumb?Why is there no revolution for 70 years of this oppression?"
The poor have the same problem.They're not making dumb decisions because they are dumb,but because they're living in a context
Well, I decided right then and right therethat ballet was dumb.(Laughter)
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