跟我背CET4核心词汇:dumb

　　dumb

　　说不出话的 temporarily silent; refusing to speak

　　愚蠢的 that was a pretty dumb thing to do

　　同义词

　　a. dense，dim，mute，speechless

　　词汇辨析

　　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指根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。

　　参考例句

　　1. The sight of his former wife dumbed the words in his mouth.

　　他一看见他的前妻，顿时感到语塞，说不出话来。

　　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.

　　绿树长到我的窗前，仿佛是喑哑的大地发出的渴望之声。

　　双语释义

　　1.ADJ Someone who is dumb is completely unable to speak. 哑的

　　例：...a young deaf and dumb man.

　　一名年轻的聋哑人。

　　2.ADJ If someone is dumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised. 说不出话的

　　例：We were all struck dumb for a minute.

　　我们一时个个都哑口无言。

　　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.

　　这些问题是安排好让她显得蠢的。

　　4.ADJ If you say that something is dumb, you think that it is silly and annoying. 愚蠢而恼人的

　　例：I came up with this dumb idea.

　　我想出了这个愚蠢而恼人的主意。

　　常见用法

　　用作形容词

　　Shes 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。