deaden

C2 大学

vt. 使减弱, 使麻木 vi. 减弱

发音

其它 /ˈdɛdən/

词形变化

deadened deadening deadens 三单 deadens deadening 现在分词 deadened 过去式 deadened 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使减弱；使麻木；隔阻

动词

变得如死一般；失去活力

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.

    及物

    deaden the pain

    deaden sound

    deaden the senses

    Painkillers helped to deaden the pain.

    Thick curtains deaden the sound of traffic.

    Routine can deaden one’s enthusiasm.

  2. 2.

    To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To make soundproof.

    及物

    to deaden a wall or a floor

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

blunt damp girdle dampen

反义词 1

enliven

上位词 10

change break alter convert damp retard soften weaken modify dampen

下位词 7

break damp soften weaken dampen obtund petrify

词源

From dead + -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”), West Frisian deadzje (“to kill”).

来源：wiktionary