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dumb SILENTdQmadj [not gradable]permanently or temporarily unable to speak哑的;暂时沉默的He's been deaf and dumb since birth.他一出生就又聋又哑。She was struck dumb by what she had seen.她被所看到的景象吓得说不出话来。Although she doesn't get on very well with people, she's very kind to dumb animals (= animals).尽管她与人相处不好，但是她对不会说话的动物却相当友善。(Br infml) Unable to speak Chinese, I had to describe what I needed using dumb show (= hand actions and movements but not speech).我不会说汉语，只好用手势来表达我需要的东西。A dumb waiter is a small LIFT (= device used to move things from one level of a building to another) used esp. in restaurants to deliver food from the kitchen.(尤指饭店里的楼上楼下之间的)送饭菜用的升降机
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