| 单词 | numb |
| 释义 | numb (once / 1121 pages) adjv Numb is an adjective that describes a lack of sensation. After skiing all day, your toes might be numb from the cold. You'd feel numb for hours after hearing that your favorite band broke up. People can feel numb in terms of their feelings and emotions. For example, if you've had your heart broken lots of times, you start to become numb — the breakups don't upset you so much. Numb can also describe being so frightened that you can't move, like being numb with fear when you saw the bear near your campsite. Numb can also means "to make insensitive," like when the dentist numbs your gums so you won't feel any pain. WORD FAMILYnumb: numbed, numbing, numbingly, numbly, numbness, numbs+/numbness: numbnesses USAGE EXAMPLESPeople are very numb and jaded and turned off. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Here he redirected his analytic mind to his paralyzing grief, mocking the language of recovery, preferring “numb slog” to “healing journey.” New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) I will say that some of the year’s most numbing hits were growers, especially those with island riddims or approximations thereof. Slate(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj lacking sensation numb with cold Syn asleep, benumbed insensible incapable of physical sensation 2adj (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive numb to the cries for mercy Syn dead insensitive deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive 3adj so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified too numb with fear to move Syn afraid filled with fear or apprehension 4v make numb or insensitive The shock numbed her senses Syn|Hyper benumb, blunt, dull desensitise, desensitize cause not to be sensitive |
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