Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #12639
numb
麻木的；失去感觉的
Physically unable to feel, lacking sensation.
- 1.
Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
身体无法感知的,失去感觉能力的
- 2.
Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
情感上无法正常感受或回应。
- 3.
lacking sensation
缺乏感觉
- 4.
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
(后接‘to’)不表现人类情感或敏感；无反应
感情麻木的；无动于衷的；对…麻木的；对…无感觉的；身体无法感知的,失去感觉能力的；情感上无法正常感受或回应。；缺乏感觉
In use
My fingers went numb in the cold weather.
He felt numb after hearing the bad news.
She seemed even number to the suffering around her.
numb with cold
numb to the cries for mercy
Connections
Collocations
- go numb
- 变得麻木
- My fingers went numb in the cold.我的手指在寒冷中变得麻木。
- numb with cold
- 冻得麻木
- His hands were numb with cold.他的双手冻得麻木了。
- numb with shock
- 震惊得麻木
- She stood there, numb with shock.她站在那里，震惊得麻木了。
- feel numb
- 感到麻木
- After the long walk, my legs felt numb.长时间走路后，我的腿感到麻木。
- become numb to
- 对…变得麻木
- He had become numb to the suffering around him.他对周围的苦难已经变得麻木。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
『numb』发音似‘纳木’，想象高原纳木错的冰水冻得手脚麻木、毫无知觉。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：医院或体检、文学作品或心理描写 numb 表示身体失去感觉时多用于医疗或日常描述；表示情感麻木、无动于衷时比较常见于书面或心理描写。日常口语和正式文体中都可以使用，整体属于中性语域。
Grammar Note
常与介词to连用，表示对某事物麻木或无反应
Pronunciation & Spelling
dumb、thumb、crumb、sum、come 都与 numb 押韵（/ʌm/）。注意：climb 以 -mb 结尾且 b 不发音，但元音不同，读作 /klaɪm/，与 numb 不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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