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

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

• He deadened the noise of the machine with rubber mats.
  他用橡胶垫给机器消音。
• His gums were dead from the novocain; she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth; a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities.
  他得齿龈因使用麻醉剂而失去知觉的；当牙医钻她失去知觉的牙齿时，她没有感到任何不适。
• Also, be thankful, since this painful process is a sign that we are becoming alive to our deadened emotions.
  同时，感恩吧，因为这个痛苦的历程是生命开始苏醒的征兆，是那些久已死去的情感复苏的征兆。
• My thick clothing deadened the blow.
  我的厚衣减轻了打击的力量。
• Your constant criticism has deadened their enthusiasm.
  你接二连叁地批评降低了他们的热情。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• I say deadened feet because they will be paralysed into inaction by the shock to their psyche caused by the revelations of their dark, depraved, sadistic and manipulative practices.
  瘫痪，是因为其黑暗，堕落，残暴和操纵行为的曝光将引起他们心理上的震撼致使他们瘫痪。
• 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？