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

• Well, well, fortune plays a man queer tricks. He got back to his office and joined in a conversation with friends. It was as if idle chatter deadened the sense of misery.
  唉，命运真会捉弄人埃他回到酒店，加入到朋友们中间聊天，好像闲聊可以麻痹他心中的痛楚。
• 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。
• In certain people the level of aspiration may be permanently deadened or lowered.
  有一些人，他的愿望可能永远保持着僵化或者低下的程度。
• The deadened pangs of hunger.
  渐渐退去的饥饿痛感。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's much brxdyer to ask questions even when there's a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you.
  明知会引起嘲笑而提问要比把问题埋在心里、对周围的一切变得麻木不仁要勇敢得多。
• 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。
• He deadened the noise of the machine with rubber mats.
  他用橡胶垫给机器消音。