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numb

英 [nʌm] 美 [nʌm]

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解释

vt. 使麻木；使发愣；使失去感觉
adj. 麻木的；发愣的

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中文词源

numb 麻木的

来自古英语niman,拿，抓，来自PIE*nem,分配，分开，词源同number,nimble.比喻用法，失去感觉的，麻痹，中风，引申词义麻木的。

英文词源

numb (adj.): c. 1400, nome, "deprived of motion or feeling," literally "taken, seized," from past participle of nimen "to take, seize," from Old English niman "to take, catch, grasp" (see nimble). The extraneous -b (to conform to comb, limb, etc.) appeared 17c. The notion is of being "taken" with palsy, shock, and especially cold. Figurative use from 1560s.
numb (v.): 1550s, from numb (adj.). Related: Numbed; numbing.

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例句和用法

1. He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.: 他能感到指尖正在变得麻木。

2. Numb with terror, she stared at the departing maraud-ers.: 她吓得呆若木鸡，眼睁睁地看着劫匪们离去。

3. First he had been numb. Then the numbness gave way to anger.: 起初他只是麻木，接着转为了愤怒。

4. My legs felt numb and my toes ached.: 我双腿麻木，脚趾疼痛。

5. I was so shocked I went numb.: 我太过震惊，呆若木鸡。