numb

numb /nʌm/
  • tính từ
    • tê, tê cóng
      • numb with cold: tê cóng đi vì lạnh
    • tê liệt; chết lặng đi
    • numb hand
      • (từ lóng) người vụng về, lóng ngóng
  • ngoại động từ
    • làm tê, làm tê cóng đi
    • làm tê liệt; làm chết lặng đi
      • to be numbed with grief: chết lặng đi vì đau buồn

Xem thêm: benumb, blunt, dull, asleep(p), benumbed, dead(p), numb(p), petrified



numb

Từ điển Collocation

numb adj.

1 unable to feel pain

VERBS be, feel Robin's hand felt numb with cold. | become, go, turn His fingers were beginning to turn numb.

ADV. completely | almost | slightly

PREP. from My legs were numb from kneeling.

PHRASES numb with (the) cold Their fingers were going numb with cold.

2 unable to feel/think/react

VERBS be, feel, sound Her voice sounded numb. | leave sb The news left us numb and confused.

ADV. totally Laura felt totally numb.

PREP. with He felt numb with weariness and grief.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • lacking sensation; asleep(p), benumbed

    my foot is asleep

    numb with cold

  • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; dead(p), numb(p)

    passersby were dead to our plea for help

    numb to the cries for mercy

  • so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

    petrified with fear

    she was petrified by the eerie sound

    too numb with fear to move

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

numbs|numbed|numbing|number|numbest
syn.: dull insensitive unfeeling