numb /nʌm/ CET6+ TEM8 ( numbing, numbed, numbs )

• 1. 

  ADJ If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there. 麻木的

  例：

  He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.

  他能感觉到他的手指尖正在变得麻木。

• 2. 

  numbness N-UNCOUNT 麻木

  例：

  I have recently been suffering from pain and numbness in my hands.

  近来我双手一直疼痛、麻木。

• 3. 

  ADJ If you are numb with shock, fear, or grief, you are so shocked, frightened, or upset that you cannot think clearly or feel any emotion. 木然的

  例：

  The mother, numb with grief, has trouble speaking.

  那位母亲，由于悲伤而木然，说不出话来。

• 4. 

  numbness N-UNCOUNT 木然

  例：

  Many men become more aware of emotional numbness in their 40s.

  很多男性四十多岁时愈发意识到自己情感上的麻木。

• 5. 

  V-T If an event or experience numbs you, you can no longer think clearly or feel any emotion. 使木呆

  例：

  For a while the shock of Philippe's letter numbed her.

  收到菲利普来信的惊愕让她木呆了好一会儿。

• 6. 

  numbed ADJ 惊呆的

  例：

  I'm so numbed with shock that I can hardly think.

  我被惊呆了，以致几乎无法思考。

• 7. 

  V-T If cold weather, a drug, or a blow numbs a part of your body, you can no longer feel anything in it. 使失去知觉

  例：

  The cold numbed my fingers.

  寒冷使我的手指失去了知觉。

  例：

  An injection of local anaesthetic is usually given first to numb the area.

  通常先局部麻药注射使这一部位失去知觉。