| 释义 |
numb /nʌm/ a. | vt. | vi.
I a.
1. 麻木的；失去感觉的
My toes were too numb to feel my own stamping. 我的脚趾麻木了，连自己跺脚都无知觉。
fingers numb with cold 冻僵的手指
The arm went numb. 手臂麻木了。
2. 冷淡的，无感情的
II ❶ vt.
使麻木，使麻痹；使失去知觉
His mind has been numbed by half a lifetime of hardship. 半辈子的苦难生活已使他麻木不仁。
He lay there, numbed with grief. 他躺在那里，因悲伤而迷迷糊糊。
❷ vi.
变得麻木
His jaw numbed and his teeth ached. 他的下巴麻木了，牙痛不止。
[<ME nomen taken (with paralysis) < OE niman to take] |