deadened

英 [ˈdednd]

美 [ˈdednd]

v.  使(声音、感觉等)减弱，缓和，迟钝
deaden的过去分词和过去式

过去式：deadened　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 缓和，减弱（感觉）；降低（声音）
  If somethingdeadensa feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
  1. He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest...
     他需要***来缓解胸痛。
  2. They managed to deaden the sound on TV every time the alleged victim's name was spoken.
     每当提到据称是受害者的人的姓名时，他们都设法调低电视机的声音。

英英释义

adj

• made or become less intense
  1. the deadened pangs of hunger
• devoid of physical sensation
  1. his gums were dead from the novocain
  2. she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
  3. a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
  Synonym:dead

双语例句

• I say deadened feet because they will be paralysed into inaction by the shock to their psyche caused by the revelations of their dark, depraved, sadistic and manipulative practices.
  瘫痪，是因为其黑暗，堕落，残暴和操纵行为的曝光将引起他们心理上的震撼致使他们瘫痪。
• Your constant criticism has deadened their enthusiasm.
  你接二连叁地批评降低了他们的热情。
• His gums were dead from the novocain; she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth; a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities.
  他得齿龈因使用麻醉剂而失去知觉的；当牙医钻她失去知觉的牙齿时，她没有感到任何不适。
• My thick clothing deadened the blow.
  我的厚衣减轻了打击的力量。
• The driver deadened the noise of the car with a new muffler.
  司机安装了新的消声器减少汽车嗓音。
• The thick walls deadened the noise from the street.
  这道厚墙隔绝了街上的噪音。
• It's much brxdyer to ask questions even when there's a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you.
  明知会引起嘲笑而提问要比把问题埋在心里、对周围的一切变得麻木不仁要勇敢得多。
• The deadened pangs of hunger.
  渐渐退去的饥饿痛感。
• The sludge, unbroken by the sea, had deadened large areas of the bays and harbors and fouled the fishing banks.
  大海不能降解的淤泥使得大面积的海湾和港口失去生命力，并污染了浅水渔场。
• The dentist deadened the nerve with Novocaine.
  牙医用奴佛卡因麻醉神经。