dumb
US: /ˈdəm/
UK: /dˈʌm/
UK: /dˈʌm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
dumb /dʌm/
- tính từ
- câm, không nói
- deaf and dumb: câm và điếc
- dumb show: tuồng câm
- câm, không kêu
- this piano has several dumb notes: chiếc đàn pianô này có nhiều nốt câm
- không biết nói; không có tiếng nói (trong chính phủ...)
- dumb animals: những con vật không biết nói
- the dumb millions: hàng triệu người không có tiếng nói trong chính phủ
- lặng đi, không nói lên được
- to strike someone dumb: làm cho ai lặng đi (vì sợ hãi...)
- lầm lì, ít nói
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ngu xuẩn, ngu ngốc, ngớ ngẩn
- câm, không nói
- ngoại động từ
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) làm câm, làm câm lặng đi
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb
+ adjective (dumber, dumbest)
1 (old-fashioned, sometimes offensive) unable to speak: She was born deaf and dumb.
Help Note: Dumb used in this meaning is old-fashioned and can be offensive. It is better to use speech-impaired instead.
2 temporarily not speaking or refusing to speak: We were all struck dumb with amazement. + We all sat there in dumb silence.
3 (informal, especially AmE) stupid: That was a pretty dumb thing to do. + If the police question you, act dumb (= pretend you do not know anything). + In all her early movies she always played a dumb blonde.
dumbly adverb: 'Are you all right?' Laura nodded dumbly.
dumbness noun [U]
verb
Phrasal Verbs: dumb down
dumb sth<->down (disapproving) to make sth less accurate or EDUCATIONAL, and of worse quality, by trying to make it easier for people to understand: The BBC denies that its broadcasting has been dumbed down.
dumbing down noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 mute, speechless, voiceless; silent, quiet, taciturn, mum, wordless; inarticulate:
She was struck dumb with astonishment.
2 dull, stupid, Colloq thick:
He's too dumb to understand what you are saying.
Collocation dictionary
1 unable to speak
VERBS
be | become, be struck
They were struck dumb by some sort of shock.
PREP.
with
She sat there, dumb with rage.
PHRASES
deaf and dumb
2 stupid
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, sound
I'm sure my question sounded really dumb.
| act, play
I decided to act dumb.
ADV.
really, very | pretty, rather
Concise English dictionary
dumber|dumbest|dumbs|dumbed|dumbingdʌm
adj.
+slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
+unable to speak temporarily
+lacking the power of human speech
+unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
