numb

英 [nʌm] 美 [nʌm]

• adj. 麻木的；失去知觉的
• vt. 使麻木；使失去知觉

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 麻木的，失去感觉的

   (of the body) unable to feel anything

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使麻木；使麻痹

   cause to feel nothing or no pain;make numb

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 麻木的
2. 冻僵了的，僵硬的
3. 没有感觉的，失去知觉的
4. 钝的，迟钝的
5. 无动于衷的
6. 漠不关心的
7. 丧魂落魄的
8. 愚蠢的
9. 惊呆的
10. 发愣的
11. 呆滞的

v. 动词

1. 使麻木，使麻痹
2. 使冻僵
3. 知觉麻木
4. 变得麻木不仁
5. 呆住
6. 使混混沌沌的
7. 使失去感觉（或知觉）
8. 使惊呆
9. 使发愣
10. 使昏迷
11. 使迟钝

英英释义

Adjective:

1. lacking sensation;

   "my foot is asleep"
   "numb with cold"
   

2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive;

   "passersby were dead to our plea for help"
   "numb to the cries for mercy"
   

3. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified;

   "too numb with fear to move"
   

Verb:

1. make numb or insensitive;

   "The shock numbed her senses"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. My fingers were so numb that I could hardly write.
   我的手指都麻木了几乎不能写字。
2. I've just been to the dentist and my face is still numb.
   我刚刚去看了牙医，脸上现在还没知觉呢。
3. The anaesthetic made his whole face go numb.
   麻醉药使他的整张脸失去了知觉。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. His leg was numbed by the intense pain.
   他的腿因剧痛而麻木。
2. She was completely numbed by the shock of her father's death.
   她父亲去世造成的打击使她目瞪神呆.

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He rubbed his numb foot to restore the feeling.
   他按摩他那麻木的脚，使它恢复知觉。

用作表语

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

1. His fingers were numb with cold.
   他的手冻得发麻。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. His mind has been numbed.
   他已麻木不仁。

经典引文

• His feet were cold and numb.

  出自： A. Paton

• Steve's faculties were rapidly becoming numb.

  出自： P. G. Wodehouse

• She may be numb with shock.

  出自： S. Kitzinger

• Has the chill night numbed you?

  出自： R. Graves

• A whiskey-flavoured piece of cotton wool on the gum to numb the pain.

  出自： M. Binchy

• Violence has..numbed viewers into anaesthetised..voyeurs.

  出自：Listener

词汇搭配

• numb tongue 舌痹, 舌麻, 舌木...
• a numb hand 笨人

近反义词

【近义词】

• insensitive 不敏感的
• unfeeling 无情的
• dull 呆滞的
• deadened 变得死一般的...
• stun 使震惊
• dead 死的
• frozen 冰冻的
• blunt 钝的
• emotionless 不露情感的
• shocked 震惊的
• dazed 目眩的
• traumatized 受到创伤的
• deaden 使(感觉、痛苦等)减弱...
• freeze 冻结
• anaesthetize 使…麻醉
• anesthetize 使麻醉
• asleep 睡着的
• stupefy (使)茫然
• chill (使)变冷
• apathetic 缺乏感情的
• drug 毒品
• paralyze 使 ... 瘫痪
• quiet 安静的
• insensible 无感觉的
• benumbed 麻木的
• benumb 使 ... 无感觉...

派生词

v.(动词)

• numbly adv. 麻木地‖numbness n. 麻木