dumb
adjective/dʌm/
/dʌm/
(comparative dumber, superlative dumbest)
- (especially North American English, informal) stupid
愚蠢的 - That was a pretty dumb thing to do.
做那样的事太愚蠢了。 - If the police question you, act dumb (= pretend you do not know anything).
如果警察盘问，你就装傻。 - (offensive) In her early movies she played a dumb blonde.
在她早期的电影中，她扮演傻乎乎的金发女郎。
Extra Examples- I'm sure my question sounded really dumb.
我确信我的提问听起来很愚蠢。 - The idea is unworkable and just plain dumb.
这个想法是行不通的，而且简直是愚蠢的。 - What are they talking about? It sounds dumb.
他们在说什么？听起来很愚蠢。 - How could he be so dumb as to do that?
他怎么能傻到做出这种事？ - That's the dumbest idea I ever heard.
那是我听过的最愚蠢的想法。 - (offensive) She's going out with some dumb jock from her high school.
她正和同一中学的某个蠢蛋运动员谈恋爱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- That was a pretty dumb thing to do.
- (old-fashioned, offensive) unable to speak
哑的 - She was born deaf and dumb.
她天生又聋又哑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- be struck
- …
- with
- deaf and dumb
- She was born deaf and dumb.
- temporarily not speaking or refusing to speak
一时说不出话的；不肯开口的 - We were all struck dumb with amazement.
我们都惊讶得说不出话来。 - We sat there in dumb silence.
我们坐在那里，默然无语。 - She stood in the doorway, dumb with rage.
她站在门口，气得哑口无言。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- be struck
- …
- with
- deaf and dumb
- We were all struck dumb with amazement.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dumbr and Gothic dumbs ‘mute’, also to Dutch dom ‘stupid’ and German dumm ‘stupid’.