benumb
/bɪˈnʌm/verb
with obj.[often as adj. benumbed]
- deprive of physical or emotional feeling使感情麻木, 使呆滞:
a hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses.
一声嘶哑的叫喊划过了他麻木的感官。
词源
late 15th cent.: from obsolete benome, past participle of benim 'deprive', from BE- (expressing removal) + Old English niman 'take'.