Deaden



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 减低某物的力量或强度
• ［英］ v. 减低某物的力量或强度 ( lessen the intensity of sth)
• ［类］ tonic : stimulate / analgesic : deaden ( 补药使激发 / 麻醉剂使麻木)
• ［例］ drugs to deaden the pain

Webster Collegiate

verb (deadened; deadening)

• Date: 1613
• transitive verb
  • 1. to impair in vigor or sensation ; blunt <deadened his enthusiasm><deadened the pain>
  • 2.
    • a. to deprive of brilliance
    • b. to make vapid or spiritless <oxygen deadens wine>
    • c. to make (as a wall) impervious to sound
  • 3. to deprive of life ; kill
• intransitive verb
  • to become dead ; lose life or vigor
• ? deadener noun
• ? deadeningly adverb

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