late Middle English: from late Latin inanimatuslifeless, from in-not + animatus(see animate)
英英释义行业释义网络释义
noun
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
3.appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
an inanimate body
医学
1.①无生命的
2.②缺乏生机的
-inanimate
1 . 无生命的
Dickens also had the strange ability to describeinanimate(无生命的)objects, enlivening them with human wisdom,heroics, and shortcomings. His unbelievable use