inanimate
adjective /ɪnˈænɪmət/
/ɪnˈænɪmət/
- 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。
- A rock is an inanimate object.
- 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。
- A man was lying inanimate on the floor.
词源late Middle English: from late Latin inanimatus ‘lifeless’, from in- ‘not’ + animatus, from the verb animare, from anima ‘life, soul’.