dumbness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak. dated,offensive,uncountable,usually
    — He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.
  2. Muteness, silence; abstention from speech. dated,uncountable,usually
    — There was speech in their dumbness.
  3. Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show. dated,uncountable,usually
    — To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.
  4. The quality of being stupid or foolish. informal,uncountable,usually

词形变化

dumbnesses plural dumbnesse alternative

词汇关系

近义词
dumbhood
衍生词
artificial dumbness
相关词
dumb dumb-show

词源

From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”).
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