单词 | inanimate |
释义 | inanimate —inanimately, adv. —inanimateness, inanimation /in an'euh may"sheuhn/, n. /in an"euh mit/, adj. 1. not animate; lifeless. 2. spiritless; sluggish; dull. 3. Ling. belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting objects, concepts, and beings regarded as lacking perception and volition (opposed to animate). [1555-65; < LL inanimatus. See IN-3, ANIMATE] Syn. 1. inorganic, vegetable, mineral; inert, dead. 2. inactive, dormant, torpid. |
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