deadens

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
  • DEA abbr.数据交换协议(=DataExchangeAgreement)abbr.禁药取缔机构(=DrugEnforcementAdministration)
  • deabetes 糖尿病,多尿症
  • deac 去加重器件
  • Deacaid 齐螨素
  • deaccentuation 去加重
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. 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。