单词 | dumbly |
释义 | dumbdumb1 /dʌm/ ●●○ S2 adjective 1informal stupid: That’s a dumb idea. I can’t get my dumb car to start. She’s just a dumb blonde (=an offensive expression for a woman with blonde hair who is pretty, but seems stupid).2unable to speak, because you are angry, surprised, shocked, etc.: The crowd was struck dumb by the sight of the hanging.3old-fashioned a word used to describe someone who is permanently unable to speak, now considered offensive by most people SYN mute → see also deaf and dumb4dumb luck the way in which something good happens in a completely unexpected way, especially if it is not deserved: It was just dumb luck that we found the place at all.5dumb animals/creatures an expression used to emphasize that animals cannot speak and that people often treat them badly—dumbly adverb—dumbness noun [uncountable] |
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