inanimate
英[ɪn'ænɪmət]
美[ɪn'ænɪmət]
英英释意
- 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"