单词：deadens
音标：[ˈdednz] ；
v. 抑制 （感情）, 缓和 （疼痛）( deaden的第三人称单数 ); 减弱 （声音）
v make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
v cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
v make vapid or deprive of spirit
v lessen the momentum or velocity of
v become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
v make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
v convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
v cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
v make vapid or deprive of spirit
v lessen the momentum or velocity of
v become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
v make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
v convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
deaden的用法和样例：
例句
- Her feet were deaden with cold.她的脚都冻得麻木了。
- 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。
经典引文
Grass which had seeded between the cobbles..deadened her steps.
出自：E. Bowen
【近义词】
- dampen(使)潮湿
- muffle围裹
- soften(使)变柔和
- damp潮湿的
- paralyze 使 ... 瘫痪
- silence沉默
- darken变暗
- drug毒品
- dull呆滞的
- lower低的
- mute哑子
- stifle使窒息
- blunt钝的
- girdle腰带
【反义词】