deadened

英 [ˈdednd]

美 [ˈdednd]

v.  使(声音、感觉等)减弱，缓和，迟钝
deaden的过去分词和过去式

过去式：deadened　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 缓和，减弱（感觉）；降低（声音）
  If somethingdeadensa feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
  1. He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest...
     他需要***来缓解胸痛。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• made or become less intense
  1. the deadened pangs of hunger
• devoid of physical sensation
  1. his gums were dead from the novocain
  2. she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
  3. a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
  Synonym:dead

双语例句

• The thick walls deadened the noise from the street.
  这道厚墙隔绝了街上的噪音。
• The crafty sons of darkness shall squirm in discomfort as their ritual of lies fall in shambles in a pile around their deadened feet.
  狡猾的黑暗小人s应该会很不舒服地蠕动，因为他们谎言大厦将倒塌成废墟在他们的瘫腿附近堆满瓦砾。
• Many women have been afraid to admit to terrifying visions or deadened emotions, believing they should be flush with maternal joy or fearing their babies would be taken from them.
  很多女性一直害怕承认自己有可怕的念头，或是低落的情绪，认为自己应该陶醉在当母亲的喜悦中，或是害怕孩子会被夺走。
• Could not one see that so sprightly a girl would soon be deadened by a man like Willoughby?
  难道人们看不出来，一个如此生气勃勃的姑娘很快就会被威洛比那样的男人搞得死气沉沉吗？
• Loudspeaker electrostatic mounted in its enclosure The driver deadened the noise of the car with a new muffler.
  静电式扬声器，装在扬声器箱内司机安装了新的消声器减少汽车嗓音。
• Your constant criticism has deadened their enthusiasm.
  你接二连叁地批评降低了他们的热情。
• The deadened pangs of hunger.
  渐渐退去的饥饿痛感。
• The sludge, unbroken by the sea, had deadened large areas of the bays and harbors and fouled the fishing banks.
  大海不能降解的淤泥使得大面积的海湾和港口失去生命力，并污染了浅水渔场。
• The dentist deadened the nerve with Novocaine.
  牙医用奴佛卡因麻醉神经。
• 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。