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单词 benumb
释义 be·numb
\bə̇, bē+\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English benomen, from benome, benomen (past participle of benimen to take away, deprive), from Old English benumen, past participle of beniman to take away, from be- + niman to take — more at nimble
1. : to make inactive : deaden, stupefy
 < a spirit of the blindest imitation … benumbed the intellectual faculties — Van Wyck Brooks >
2. : to make numb especially by cold : deprive of sensation
 < the fearful cold that overtakes and benumbs the traveler — John Burroughs >
Synonyms: see daze
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