Dumb

(adj.) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness .

(adj.) lacking the power of human speech; 'dumb animals' .

录入:罗宾逊

• It was all done in dumb show, the women danced their emotion in gesture and motion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The vital part of the population has pretty well emerged from any dumb acquiescence in constitutions. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• His work with his deaf and dumb pupils was all in the line of making sound vibrations visible to the eye. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Don't go on posturing like a Deaf and Dumb School,' said the ingenious Fledgeby, 'but express yourself like a Christian--or as nearly as you can. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Must you ever go on down the ages to your final extinction but little above the plane of the dumb brutes that serve you! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Dreadful question: there was no one here to answer it--not even dumb sign, mute token. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

整理:薇尔玛