insensible

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Unable to be perceived by the senses.
    — Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
  2. Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
    — “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”
  3. Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  4. Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
    — If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, […]it shall be quashed.
  5. Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
    — Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
  6. Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

词形变化

more insensible comparative most insensible superlative

词源

From Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin īnsēnsibilis.
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