numb

1. ADJ If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there. 麻木的

He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips. 他能感覺到他的手指尖正在變得麻木。

2. numbnessN-UNCOUNT 麻木

I have recently been suffering from pain and numbness in my hands. 近來我雙手一直疼痛、麻木。

3. ADJ If you are numb with shock, fear, or grief, you are so shocked, frightened, or upset that you cannot think clearly or feel any emotion. 木然的

The mother, numb with grief, has trouble speaking. 那位母親，由於悲傷而木然，說不出話來。

4. numbnessN-UNCOUNT 木然

Many men become more aware of emotional numbness in their 40s. 很多男性四十多嵗時瘉發意識到自己情感上的麻木。

5. V-T If an event or experience numbs you, you can no longer think clearly or feel any emotion. 使木呆

For a while the shock of Philippe's letter numbed her. 收到菲利普來信的驚愕讓她木呆了好一會兒。

6. numbedADJ 驚呆的

I'm so numbed with shock that I can hardly think. 我被驚呆了，以致幾乎無法思考。

7. V-T If cold weather, a drug, or a blow numbs a part of your body, you can no longer feel anything in it. 使失去知覺

The cold numbed my fingers. 寒冷使我的手指失去了知覺。

An injection of local anaesthetic is usually given first to numb the area. 通常先侷部麻葯注射使這一部位失去知覺。