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inarticulate 音标拼音: [ɪnɑrt'ɪkjələt] a. 口齿不清的,说不出的,不善于表达的 口齿不清的,说不出的,不善於表达的 inarticulate adj 1: without or deprived of the use of speech or words; " inarticulate beasts"; " remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; " inarticulate with rage"; " an inarticulate cry" [ synonym: { inarticulate}, { unarticulate}] [ ant: { articulate}] Inarticulate \ In` ar* tic" u* late\, a. [ L. inarticulatus; pref. in- not articulatus articulate.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words. [ 1913 Webster] Music which is inarticulate poesy. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) ( a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm. ( b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order ({ Inarticulata} or { Ecardines}) of brachiopods. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Incapable of articulating. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy. -- Walpole. 4. Incapable of expressing one' s ideas or feelings clearly. [ PJC] 102 Moby Thesaurus words for " inarticulate": Greek to one, ambiguous, anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, bashful, beyond understanding, blurred, breathless, breathy, choked, choking, confused, conscious, coy, croaking, demure, digressive, discursive, disjointed, drawling, drawly, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dysphonic, faltering, garbled, guttural, halting, harsh, hawking, hesitating, hoarse, illogical, impenetrable, implicit, implied, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, indistinct, inferred, inscrutable, irrational, jumbled, lisping, maundering, mispronounced, mixed- up, mousy, muddled, muffled, mum, mumbled, mumbling, mute, muzzy, nasal, numinous, past comprehension, quavering, rambling, scrambled, self- conscious, shaking, shaky, shamefaced, shamefast, shy, silent, skittish, snuffling, speechless, stammering, stifled, strangled, stricken dumb, thick, throaty, timid, timorous, tongue- tied, tongueless, tremulous, twangy, unclear, unconnected, undeclared, unexpressed, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, unsaid, unsearchable, unspoken, unuttered, velar, voiceless, wild, wordless
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