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number
麻木的；失去感觉的
number is the comparative of numb.
核心释义
Physically unable to feel, lacking sensation.
- 1.
身体无法感知的,失去感觉能力的
Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
- 2.
情感上无法正常感受或回应。
Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
- 3.
缺乏感觉
lacking sensation
- 4.
(后接‘to’)不表现人类情感或敏感；无反应
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
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
用法In use
My fingers went numb in the cold weather.
用法提示：形容词numb表示身体部分失去感觉。
He felt numb after hearing the bad news.
用法提示：形容词numb表示情感上的麻木。
She seemed even number to the suffering around her.
用法提示：比较级number表示更加麻木。
numb with cold
numb to the cries for mercy
be numb with sth
with 后接引起麻木的原因，如 cold、pain、fear 等。
My fingers were numb with cold.
我的手指冻得麻木了。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
常与介词to连用，表示对某事物麻木或无反应
发音与拼写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。
用法优先级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。
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