deadened是什么意思？

deadened

英['dedənd] 美['dedənd]

• adj. 污染不能起汞齐作用的；
• v. 抑制 （感情），缓和 （疼痛）( deaden的过去式和过去分词 )，减弱 （声音）；

例句

• The driver deadened the noise of the car with a new muffler. 司机安装了新的消声器减少汽车嗓音。
• My thick clothing deadened the blow. 我的厚衣减轻了打击的力量.
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  缓和，减弱（感觉）；降低（声音）
  If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
  例句
  He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest... 他需要吗啡来缓解胸痛。 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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. devoid of physical sensation; numb;
  "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"
  2. made or become less intense;
  "the deadened pangs of hunger"