inanimate
英 [ɪn'ænɪmət]
美[ɪn'ænɪmət]
- adj. 无生命的；无生气的
中文词源
inanimate 无生命的
in-,不，非，animate,有生命的。
英文词源
- 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)).
双语例句
- 1. He thought of the baby almost as an inanimate object.
- 他认为婴儿几乎就是毫无生命的物体。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A rock is an inanimate object.
- 岩石是无生命的物体。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. A stone is an inanimate object.
- 石头是一种无生命的物体.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. It'strikes to the heart of all life, animate and inanimate.
- 世上万物,一切有生命的和没有生命的东西, 都深切感受到这气息刺心入肺.
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- 5. The voice of the so - called inanimate!
- 啊,这些无生命的东西却有多么动听的声音!
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
