numb
英 [nʌm]
美 [nʌm]
- vt. 使麻木；使发愣；使失去感觉
- adj. 麻木的；发愣的
助记提示
1. PIE root *nem- "divide, distribute, allot; take" (cf. Greek nemein "deal out," nemesis "just indignation," Latin numerus "number") => nim- "take, grasp, seize" => OE: niman "take, grasp, seize".
2. niman "take, grasp, seize" => nimen "take, grasp, seize" => 过去分词：nome => numb "deprived of motion or feeling," literally "taken, seized".
3. The extraneous -b (to conform to comb, limb, etc.) appeared 17c.
4. 因为被抓住而导致动弹不得，使用其比喻义。
5. 同源词：nim, numb, nimble.
双语例句
- 1. He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.
- 他能感到指尖正在变得麻木。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. My legs felt numb and my toes ached.
- 我双腿麻木，脚趾疼痛。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I was so shocked I went numb.
- 我太过震惊，呆若木鸡。
来自柯林斯例句
