numb
Word family adverbnumbinglynumblynounnumbnessadjectivenumb
numb1 /nʌm/ ●●○ adjectiveadj 1 FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCa part of your body that is numb is unable to feel anything, for example because you are very cold 〔身体部位〕麻木的,失去感觉的 My fingers were so numb I could hardly write. 我的手指麻木得几乎没法写字。
The anaesthetic made his whole face go numb. 麻醉剂使他整个脸都失去了知觉。
2 FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCunable to think, feel, or react in a normal way 〔思维、感觉或反应〕迟钝的,呆滞的 SYN paralysednumb with shock/fear/terror etc I just sat there, numb with fear. 我呆坐在那里,吓得动弹不得。
—numbly adverbadv She watched numbly as Matt walked away. 她呆呆地看着马特走掉。
—numbness noun [uncountableU] It caused some numbness in my hand. 那让我的手感到有点麻木。
go numb• They gave me an injection to make my mouth go numb.• All through my childhood, my body always seemed to be going numb.• Glover felt how the entire lower half of himself was beginning to go numb.• It is so cold I am going numb.• My feet went numb down on the mud.• His fingers were also going numb from the strain of gripping the rope and taking the weight of his body.• The arm which was trapped beneath Celia gradually went numb, like a partial foretaste of death.• My fingers went numb, my toes, my lips.• My feet and hands get very cold and go numb when I am skiing. numb2 verb [transitiveT] 1 FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCto make someone unable to feel pain or feel things they are touching 使麻木;使失去感觉 The cold had numbed her fingers. 她的手指冻僵了。
the numbing effect of the drug 那种药物的麻醉效果
2 FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCto make someone unable to think, feel, or react in a normal way 使迟钝;使呆滞 He was numbed by the shock of his wife’s death. 妻子去世的巨大打击使他变得很呆滞。
Origin numb1 (1400-1500) From the past participle of nim “to take” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English niman