deaden
美['dedn] 英['dedn]
vt. 使(感觉、痛苦等)减弱;使隔音
sp. vi 死去;失去活力或光泽;不快乐.
英英释义
Verb- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
"muffle the message"
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;
"girdle the plant"
- make vapid or deprive of spirit;
"deadened wine"
- lessen the momentum or velocity of;
"deaden a ship's headway"
- become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
"Terror blunted her feelings" "deaden a sound"
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
例句
- Her feet were deaden with cold.她的脚都冻得麻木了。
- Unhappiness had deadened her to the lives of others.她遭遇不幸,因而对别人的生活也无动于衷。