dumb副词

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

1. 砂眼
2. 呆哑症

1. 减少…的专业性教育内容
2. 降低…的标准
3. 使沉默

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

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。

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。

相关词组：dumb down

• 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……

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的dumb，意为沉默，不能说话。