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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- numb [n^m]
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1.
adj
deprived of feeling through cold, shock, etc
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2.
adj
unable to move; paralysed
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3.
adj
characteristic of or resembling numbness
- a numb sensation
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to make numb; deaden, shock, or paralyse
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5.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15 nomen, literally: taken (with paralysis), from Old English niman to take; related to Old Norse nema, Old High German niman
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1.
adj
deprived of feeling through cold, shock, etc
Examples
- numb with cold, numb with grief
- 冻僵了的，悲伤而昏迷的 → numb
- a numb feeling
- 迟钝的感觉 → numb
- to go numb
- [fingers, toes, arm+] 变麻 → numb
- to be numb with shock/fear/grief
- 因震惊/恐惧/悲痛而失去知觉 → numb
- to numb the pain
- 麻痹疼痛 → numb
- a numb sensation → numb
- 他的腿都跪麻了。
- His legs were numb from kneeling. → 跪
- 他的脚冻僵了。
- His feet were numb with cold. → 僵
- 他手脚麻木了。
- Both his hands and feet have gone numb. → 麻木
- 两脚都冻木了。
- Both feet were numb with cold. → 木
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