deaden

英 [ˈdedn]

美 [ˈdedn]

v.  使(声音、感觉等)减弱，缓和，迟钝

现在分词：deadening　过去分词：deadened　第三人称单数：deadens　过去式：deadened　

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BNC.23608 / COCA.23285

牛津词典

verb

• 使（声音、感觉等）减弱，缓和，迟钝
  to make sth such as a sound, a feeling, etc. less strong
  1. He was given drugs to deaden the pain.
     给了他止痛药。

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...
     他需要吗啡来缓解胸痛。
  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

verb

• convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
• make less lively, intense, or vigorous
  1. Terror blunted her feelings
  2. deaden a sound
  Synonym:blunt
• become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active
• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
  1. muffle the message
  Synonym:dampendamp
• lessen the momentum or velocity of
  1. deaden a ship's headway
• make vapid or deprive of spirit
  1. deadened wine
• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
  1. girdle the plant
  Synonym:girdle

双语例句

• He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest
  他需要吗啡来缓解胸痛。
• A main task of developing countries in future is to promote economy development, deaden feature of dual economy and realize industrialization.
  促进经济发展，消除二元结构经济特征，实现工业化，始终而且仍然是发展中国家今后一段较长时期内的主要任务。
• A medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio.
  止痛的药疗法；能减弱来自彩排室声音的墙砖。
• Rubber insulation is used to deaden the vibrations of the motor.
  橡胶绝缘体被用来减少马达的震动。
• One pill will deaden the ache.
  一片药就可止痛。
• How many ofyou deaden your wrinkles with that crap?
  你们有多少人用那个废物来减少皱纹的？
• Thick walls that deaden street noises
  隔绝市街噪声的厚墙
• AS soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits; or in other words, to dwell without interruption on those subjects that must deaden them more.
  他们一走，伊丽莎白便到屋外去留达，好让自己精神舒畅一下，换句话说，也就是不停去想那些足以使她精神更加沉闷的念头。
• Her feet were deaden with cold.
  她的脚都冻得麻木了。
• He took the candlestick in his right hand, holding his breath and trying to deaden the sound of his tread, he directed his steps to the door of the adjoining room, occupied by the bishop, as we already know.
  他用右手握住那根烛钎，屏住呼吸，放轻脚步，走向隔壁那间屋子，我们知道，那是主教的卧房。