inanimate

B2 FREQ #30475

a. 失去知觉的, 没生命的, 无精打采的 [医] 无生命的, 无生机的

发音

UK /ɪnˈænɪmət/
其它 /ɪnˈænɪmeɪt/

词形变化

inanimates 复数 inanimates inanimates 三单 inanimating inanimating 现在分词 inanimated 过去式 inanimated 过去分词 more inanimate 比较级 most inanimate 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that is not alive.

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To animate.

    废旧
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.

  2. 2.

    Not alive, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.

    无生命

  3. 3.

    Not animate.

    无生的

    语言学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

breathless non-living pulseless

反义词 1

animate

近义相关 2

dead nonconscious

词源

Inherited from Middle English inanimat(e), from Late Latin inanimātus, from Latin in- + animātus (“animated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, in- + animate. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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