dumbness

n. 哑, 无言, 沉默 [医] 哑[症]

词形变化

dumbnesses 复数 dumbnesses

别名

dumbnesse

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

    过时 冒犯 不可数
  2. 2.

    Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.

    过时 不可数
  3. 3.

    Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.

    过时 不可数
  4. 4.

    The quality of being stupid or foolish.

    非正式 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

denseness slow-wittedness

上位词 1

stupidity

相关短语

artificial dumbness

词源

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

来源：wiktionary