inanimate
英 [ɪnˈænɪmət] 美 [ɪnˈænəmɪt]

adj.

无生命的；无生气的；无精打采的；单调的

英英释义

inanimate[ in'ænimət ]

• adj.
  • belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things

    "the word `car' is inanimate"

  • not endowed with life

    "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"

    同义词：nonlivingnon-livingdead

  • appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse

    "an inanimate body"

    同义词：breathlesspulseless

词组短语

inanimate object无生物；静物

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Rocks and stones are inanimate.
   岩石是无生命的。
2. Animals are living beings, not inanimate objects.
   动物是生灵，不是没有生命的物体。

权威例句

Goal attribution to inanimate agents by 6.5-month-old infants
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Composition for reducing malodor impression on inanimate surfaces
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The Detection of Electric Fields from Inanimate and Animate Sources Other Than Electric Organs
Domain-specific knowledge systems in the brain the animate-inanimate distinction.
Domain-Specific Knowledge Systems in the Brain: The Animate-Inanimate Distinction
Rotavirus survival on human hands and transfer of infectious virus to animate and nonporous inanimate surfaces.
First principles organize attention to and learning about relevant data: Number and the animate-inanimate distinction as examples