1FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCa part of your body that is numb is unable to feel anything, for example because you are very cold 〔身体部位〕麻木的,失去感觉的
My fingers were so numb I could hardly write.
我的手指麻木得几乎没法写字。
The anaesthetic made his whole face go numb.
麻醉剂使他整个脸都失去了知觉。
2FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCunable to think, feel, or react in a normal way 〔思维、感觉或反应〕迟钝的,呆滞的SYN paralysed
numb with shock/fear/terror etc
I just sat there, numb with fear.
我呆坐在那里,吓得动弹不得。
—numblyadverbadv
She watched numbly as Matt walked away.
她呆呆地看着马特走掉。
—numbness noun [uncountableU]
It caused some numbness in my hand.
那让我的手感到有点麻木。
Examples from the Corpus
numb• It was so cold my fingers had gone numb.• She ran the water out of the basin and held her wrists under the cold tap until they were numb.• Researchersspeculate that this area becomes overloaded and shuts down eventually, leaving the woman numb and clinically depressed.• He stuck his hands into his pockets, the fingers numb and red.• She felt numb and tired and surprised herself by managing to sleep deeply and well.• Their tastebuds are numb by now.• His legs grew so numb he couldn't move.• She felt numb, unable to respond.
go numb• They gave me an injection to make my mouthgo numb.• All through my childhood, my body always seemed to be going numb.• Glover felt how the entirelowerhalf of himself was beginning to go numb.• It is so cold I am going numb.• My feet went numb down on the mud.• His fingers were also going numb from the strain of gripping the rope and taking the weight of his body.• The arm which was trapped beneath Celia gradually went numb, like a partialforetaste of death.• My fingers went numb, my toes, my lips.• My feet and hands get very cold and go numb when I am skiing.
numb with shock/fear/terror etc• I was dazed at first - numb with shock.• The doubleblow left the 43-year-old Greasestarnumb with shock.• Robyn sat staring into space, her mind numb with shock and disbelief, total agonising disbelief.• But Highampton is still too numb with shock to voice any realrage.
numb2 verb [transitiveT]
1FEEL HOT/COLD/TIRED ETCto make someone unable to feel pain or feel things they are touching 使麻木;使失去感觉
The cold had numbed her fingers.
她的手指冻僵了。
the numbing effect of the drug
那种药物的麻醉效果
2FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCto make someone unable to think, feel, or react in a normal way 使迟钝;使呆滞
1unable to feel pain麻木VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be, feel麻木;感到麻木◇Robin's hand felt numb with cold.羅賓的手凍麻了。➤become, go, grow, turn變得麻木;發麻◇His fingers were beginning to go numb.他的手指開始發麻。ADVERB➤almost幾乎麻木➤comfortably微醺◇After two drinks I was feeling comfortably numb.喝了兩杯後,我感到有點兒飄飄然。PREPOSITION➤from由於⋯而麻木◇My legs were numb from kneeling.我的兩條腿都跪麻了。PHRASES➤numb with (the) cold凍麻木◇Their fingers were going numb with cold.他們的手指都要凍麻了。numb
adjective²
2unable to feel/think/react遲鈍;呆滯VERBS | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel呆滯;感到木然▸➤leave sb使某人目瞪口呆◇The news left us numb.這條消息讓我們目瞪口呆。PREPOSITION➤with因⋯而木然◇He felt numb with shock.他驚呆了。