English Dictionary

inanimate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈænɪmət/

形容詞

Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object. / Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals. / (grammar) Not animate.

日本語の意味

（物体が）動く能力や運動の性質を欠いている / 生きておらず、特に人間や動物のような生命の特徴を持っていない / （文法的に）『animate』の対義として、活性（生きている性質）を示さない

She felt strangely calm in the presence of the inanimate statue.

動くことができない像の前で、彼女は不思議と落ち着いていた。

意味（1）

Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.

The love of the inanimate is a general feeling. True, it makes no return of affection, neither does it disappoint it; its associations are from our thoughts and emotions.

意味（2）

Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.

I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.

意味（3）

(grammar) Not animate.

more inanimate （ comparative ）

most inanimate （ superlative ）