dumb1 /dʌm/ ●●○ S3 adjectiveadj 1 STUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT informal stupid 愚蠢的 What a dumb question. 多么愚蠢的问题。
a bunch of dumb kids 一帮笨孩子
‘What is it?’ I asked, playing dumb (=pretending to be stupid). “那是什么?” 我装傻问道。
She’s no dumb blonde (=a pretty woman with blonde hair who seems stupid). 她可不是那种没有头脑的金发女郎。
► see thesaurus at stupid 2 MISHOCKunable to speak, because you are angry, surprised, shocked etc 〔因愤怒、惊讶、震惊等而〕说不出话的 He stared at the burnt-out car in dumb disbelief. 他难以置信地望着烧毁的汽车,话也说不出来了。
She was struck dumb with terror. 她吓得说不出话来。
3. MI old-fashioned someone who is dumb is not able to speak at all. Many people think that this use is offensive 〔人〕哑的〔许多人认为此词具有冒犯性〕 → mute → deaf and dumb at deaf(1) 4 dumb luck informal something good that happens in an unexpected way, especially when it is not deserved 纯粹是运气〔尤指不配得到〕 It was just dumb luck that we found the place at all. 我们找到那地方纯粹是靠运气。
dumb luck• The cleanup of the oil spill was helped by good weather and a lot of dumb luck. 5. dumb animals/creatures HBAused to talk about animals when you want to emphasize that humans often treat them badly and they cannot protect themselves 不会说话的动物/生物〔用于强调人们常虐待动物,而它们却无法保护自己〕dumb animals/creatures• You don't have to look far to see these dumb creatures crawling across the branches of many organizations today.• Would that as many animal lovers were as quick to speak and defend dumb animals instead of staying silent as so many do.• We would become like dumb animals, oxen, or go crazy, and probably both. —dumbly adverbadv For a few seconds she gazed dumbly at him. 有几秒钟她呆呆地凝视着他。
—dumbness noun [uncountableU]