单词 | deaden |
释义 | deaden (once / 2375 pages) 1v 2v 3v WORD FAMILY deaden: deadened, deadening, deadens+/dead: deaden, deader, deadest, deadly, deadness, deads/deadening: deadeningly, deadenings/deadly: deadlier, deadliest, deadlily, deadliness USAGE EXAMPLESMatte stars deaden the light, their recesses best revealed in shadow. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) Years earlier, something terrible happened to Lee, and it’s deadened him at the center. Time(Nov 18, 2016) Sitting in vajrasana deprived the branch that runs below the knee of oxygen, deadening the nerve. New York Times(Jan 05, 2012) 1 1v make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation deaden a sound Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper blunt animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up make lively obtund reduce the edge or violence of petrifycause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned break, damp, dampen, soften, weakenlessen in force or effect deafenmake soundproof damp, dampenmake vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v make vapid or deprive of spirit deadened wine Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor Hyper change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 4v lessen the momentum or velocity of deaden a ship's headway Hyper retard cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate 5v make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible 2Syn|Hyper damp, dampen break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken lessen in force or effect v convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil 3Hyper convert change the nature, purpose, or function of something v cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients Syn|Hyper girdle incise make an incision into by carving or cutting |
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