benumb

动词 v.
中文释义
发音 bē-nŭmʹ

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic. transitive
    — […] the sayd Phillip […] in the same his pilgrimage was stricken with such colde, that he fell into a palsey, and was benumbed of the right side of his body.
  2. To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.). figuratively,transitive
    — […] If this law Of nature be corrupted through affection, And that great minds, of partial indulgence To their benumbed wills, resist the same, There is a law in each well-order’d nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.

词形变化

benumbs present,singular,third-person benumbing participle,present benumbed participle,past benumbed past

词汇关系

衍生词
benumbed benumbedness benumber benumbingly benumbment unbenumb

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
English numb
English benumb
From be- + numb.
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