inanimate
英[?n'?n?m?t]
美[?n'?n?m?t]
- adj. 無生命的；無生氣的
中文詞源
inanimate 無生命的
in-,不，非，animate,有生命的。
英文詞源
- inanimate (adj.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin inanimatus "lifeless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + animatus (see animation). The same word in 17c. also was a verb meaning "to infuse with life," from the other in- (see in- (2)).
雙語例句
- 1. He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object.
- 他認為嬰兒幾乎就是毫無生命的物體。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A rock is an inanimate object.
- 巖石是無生命的物體。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. A stone is an inanimate object.
- 石頭是一種無生命的物體.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It'strikes to the heart of all life, animate and inanimate.
- 世上萬物,一切有生命的和沒有生命的東西, 都深切感受到這氣息刺心入肺.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學
- 5. The voice of the so - called inanimate!
- 啊,這些無生命的東西卻有多么動聽的聲音!
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹