deaden

英['dedn] 美['dedn]
  • vt. 使(感觉、痛苦等)减弱;使隔音
  • vi 死去;失去活力或光泽;不快乐.
deadener deadened deadened deadening deadens
TEM8 GRE
Verb:
  1. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

    "muffle the message"

  2. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;

    "girdle the plant"

  3. make vapid or deprive of spirit;

    "deadened wine"

  4. lessen the momentum or velocity of;

    "deaden a ship's headway"

  5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

  6. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

    "Terror blunted her feelings"
    "deaden a sound"

  7. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

1. He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest.
他需要吗啡来缓解胸痛。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He was given drugs to deaden the pain.
给了他止痛药。

来自《权威词典》

3. Wood is used to deaden the noise.
木头可以用来消音.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. They managed to deaden the sound on TV every time the alleged victim's name was spoken.
每当提到据称是受害者的人的姓名时,他们都设法调低电视机的声音。

来自柯林斯例句

5. So little was needed to deaden her.
仅仅这么一点点打击就足以使她消沉.

来自辞典例句

    1. Her feet were deaden with cold.
      她的脚都冻得麻木了。
    2. Unhappiness had deadened her to the lives of others.
      她遭遇不幸,因而对别人的生活也无动于衷。