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inanimate

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈænɪmət/
🔊/ɪnˈænɪmət/
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  1. not alive in the way that people, animals and plants are无生命的
    • A rock is an inanimate object.岩石是无生命的物体。🔊🔊
    opposite animate
  2. dead or appearing to be dead死的；像已死的
    • A man was lying inanimate on the floor.一个男子躺在地板上，看样子像是死了。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin inanimatus ‘lifeless’, from in- ‘not’ + animatus, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.