inanimate

英 [?n'?n?m?t] 美[?n'?n?m?t]
  • adj. 無(wú)生命的;無(wú)生氣的

英英釋意


1. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things;
"the word `car' is inanimate"
2. not endowed with life;
"the inorganic world is inanimate"
"inanimate objects"
"dead stones"
3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
"an inanimate body"
"pulseless and dead"