numb

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英 [n?m] 美[n?m]

vt. 使麻木；使發(fā)愣；使失去感覺(jué)
adj. 麻木的；發(fā)愣的

CET6+TEM8IELTSGRE考研低頻詞基本詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?numbs;過(guò)去式:?numbed;過(guò)去分詞:?numbed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?numbing;副詞:?numbly;名詞:?numbness;

助記提示

1. PIE root *nem- "divide, distribute, allot; take" (cf. Greek nemein "deal out," nemesis "just indignation," Latin numerus "number") => nim- "take, grasp, seize" => OE: niman "take, grasp, seize".
2. niman "take, grasp, seize" => nimen "take, grasp, seize" => 過(guò)去分詞：nome => numb "deprived of motion or feeling," literally "taken, seized".
3. The extraneous -b (to conform to comb, limb, etc.) appeared 17c.
4. 因?yàn)楸蛔プ《鴮?dǎo)致動(dòng)彈不得，使用其比喻義。
5. 同源詞：nim, numb, nimble.

中文詞源

numb 麻木的

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)niman,拿，抓，來(lái)自PIE*nem,分配，分開(kāi)，詞源同number,nimble.比喻用法，失去感覺(jué)的，麻痹，中風(fēng)，引申詞義麻木的。

英文詞源

numb (adj.): c. 1400, nome, "deprived of motion or feeling," literally "taken, seized," from past participle of nimen "to take, seize," from Old English niman "to take, catch, grasp" (see nimble). The extraneous -b (to conform to comb, limb, etc.) appeared 17c. The notion is of being "taken" with palsy, shock, and especially cold. Figurative use from 1560s.
numb (v.): 1550s, from numb (adj.). Related: Numbed; numbing.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.: 他能感到指尖正在變得麻木。

2. Numb with terror, she stared at the departing maraud-ers.: 她嚇得呆若木雞，眼睜睜地看著劫匪們離去。

3. First he had been numb. Then the numbness gave way to anger.: 起初他只是麻木，接著轉(zhuǎn)為了憤怒。

4. My legs felt numb and my toes ached.: 我雙腿麻木，腳趾疼痛。