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PAIN:疼痛 5
not very severe, but continuous 隐隐约约
的：a duH ache/pam隐隐的疼痛
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PERSON 人 6 slow in
understanding 迟純的；愚笨的
stupid: a duH pupi7脑子迟純的小学生
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TRADE:贸易.7 (es/?ec/fl//y not busy; slow 萧条的；
不景气的；呆Don’tseHintoaduHmarfcet.不要到
萧条的市场去推销。
► dull-ness noun [U] dully /'dAlli/ adv. ： ‘I suppose so，’ shesafdduHy. “我看是这样!：”她木然说道。offisleg ached dully. iT»I?n (as) dull as ditch-
water (6r£)
{US (as) dull as 'dishwater) extremely boring余然无味；无聊透顶一more at work n. mverb
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PA丨N 疼痛 1
(of pain or an emotion 疼痛或感情）to
become or be made weaker or
less severe 减轻；‘（使）
变麻木：.[VN] rhe taWets they gave him duHed the
pain /or a 他们给他的药片暂时缓解了疼痛。[also
V]
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PERSON 人 2 [VN]
to make a person slower or less" lively 使迟钝；使不活泼：He/dt duHed and stupid
with steep. 他睡得迷迷糊糊，昏头昏脑。
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COLOURS, SOUNDS 色彩；声音 3 to become or to make sth less bright,
clean or sharp (使）变得无光泽，变模
糊，变低沉：[V] His
eyes dulled and he slumped to the ground, if也眼前一黑重金地倒在地上。◊ [VN] 77ie emHess rain seemed to duH aH sound.连绵不断的阴雨似乎使所有
的声音都变得沉闷起来。
dull.aixl
/'dAla:d; /SMmf -la:rd/ r?ow/7 (o/c/-/fls/7/on«/) a stupid
person with no imagination (毫无想象力的）笨
蛋，蠢♦人
dulls*vHle /'dAlzvil/ noun [U] [NAmE, informal) a place or situation
which is extremely boring 沉闷主味的地方
(或状$)
.duli-'witted
adj.
{old-fashioned) not understanding quickly or easily丨吾性低舍；理解力考的BQEI stupid duly /'djuili; NAmE 'du:li/
adv. 1 (format) in the correct or
expected manner 适当;;恰当地：I7ie document was duly signed by the inspector.这份文件已由检查员签妥。
2 at the expected and correct time 按时地；准时地；
适时地：arrived at 9.30 fn spite 〇/ torrential
rain.尽管下着倾盆大雨，他们仍在9:30准时到达了。
—compare
unduly dumb /dAm/ adj., verb
• adj. (dumb-er, dumb-est) 1 (old-fashioned, sometimes o价ns/Ve) unable to speak
哑的；木能说话的.：She was bom
dea/and dumb.她天生又聋又哑。Dumb used in this
meaning is old-fashioned and can be offensive. It is better to use
speech-impaired instead. * dumb用于此义是过时用法，可能含冒犯意，最好以 speech-impaired 代之'。2 temporarily
not speaking or refusing to speak —和说不出话的；不肯开口的：V^e were aZZ struck
dumb with amazement.我们者惊讶得说
■不出话来。◊ We sat there fn dumb sfZence.我彳呈g那 里，默&夫:语9 3 (informa丨，especia丨ly NAmB) stupid 愚、— 的；傻的；笨的：rhat was a pretty dumb thing to do. 褊那样沾事夫愚蠢 了。◊ 1/ the poifce
question you, act dumb (= pretend you do not know anything).如果警察
盘问，你就装傻。◊ Jn her early movies she pZayeci a dumbWonde.在她早期的电影中，她扮演傻乎乎的金发
女郎。► dumb_ly adv. : 'Are you all right?f
Laura nodded
dumWy. “你身体好吗？ ”劳拉默默地点了点头。
dumb ness noun [U]
■ verb ,dumb 'down | .dumb sth^'down (disap
proving) to make sth less accurate or educational, and of worse quality, by trying to make it
easier for people to understand (为使公众更易理解而）降低…的标准， 减少…的专业性教育内容►.dumbing 'down not//7 [U] .dumb 'animal noun [usually pi.] (6r£)
an animal, espe- cially when seen as deserving pity (尤指可怜巴巴的）
哑巴牲口
'dumb-ass adj. [only before noun] (NAmE, taboo, slang) stupid愚蠢的；笨头笨脑的
'dumb-bell noun 1 a short bar with a weight at each
end, used for making the arm and shoulder muscles stronger 哑铃 2
(丨/zi/orma/) a stupid
person 笨蛋；
蠢货；傻瓜
barbel丨杠铃 dumb-bell哑铃
dumb-found /dAm'faund/
verb [VN] to surprise or
shock sb so much that they are unable to speak 使惊呆：His rep〖y dumb/ounded me.他的回答使我咗然。. dumb.found.ed /dAm'faundid/ (also less frequent dumb-struck /'dAmstrAk/) adj. unable to speak
because of surprise 惊呆 了的：TTie news te/f her
dumb/oimded 这消息把她惊呆了。
dumbo /'dAmbau;
NAmE -bou/ noun {pi. -oes) (informal) a stupid person笨金；蠢货；呆子
diimb-show /'dAinJau; NAmE-Jou/ noun [U, C] = mime .dumb 'waiter noun a small lift/elevator
for carrying food and plates from one floor to another in a restaurant (餐厅楼层间运送食物和餐具的）升降架
dum-dum /'dAmdAm/ (also .dumdum 'bullet) noun a bullet that spreads
out and breaks into many pieces when it hits sb达姆弹（击入目标体内后爆开）bmm
It
is named after the factory at Dumdum near Calcutta in India, where such bullets
were originally made. They are now illegal.源自于印度加尔各答附近一家工厂的厂
名，这种子弹起初在此生产。现在达姆弹属于非法。
dummy
(firf) pacifier {
dummy /'dAmi/ noun, adj.
• noun (pi. -ies) 1 [c] a model of a
person, used especially when making clothes or for showing them in a shop
window (尤指缝制或陈列服装用的 >
人体模型：a tabor’s dummy 裁缝店的模型人 2 [C]
a thing that seems to be real but is only a copy of the real thing 仿制品； 仿造物 3
[C] (/VAmf，a stupid person.朵®;蠢 运：Don’t just stand
there, you dummy.别在那儿干站
着，你这个蠢货。4 [C] (in some sports某些体育运动j an occasion when you
pretend to pass the ball to another player and then do not do so 假传球；假动作 5
[C].(8/^) {NAmE paci-fier) a specially shaped
rubber or plastic object for a baby to suck 橡皮奶嘴；橡皮奶头 6 [U] (in card games,
especially bridge 纸牌游戏，尤指桥牌）the cards which are
placed facing upwards on the table and which can be seen by all the players 明手牌 ■ adj. [only before noun] made to look
real, although it is actually a copy which does not work 假的 BQEI
replica： a dummy bomb 空包弹 .dummy 'run noun (Br£) a practice attack,
perform- ance，etc. before the real
one k 习；试演 *^^71 dry run dump tHr /dAmp/ verb, noun u
verb [VN]