numb

英 [nʌm] 美[nʌm]
  • vt. 使麻木;使发愣;使失去感觉
  • adj. 麻木的;发愣的

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词态变化


第三人称单数: numbs;过去式: numbed;过去分词: numbed;现在分词: numbing;副词: numbly;名词: numbness;

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.

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.

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。

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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。

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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。

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

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

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