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numb

B1 verb

Các nghĩa

  1. làm tê liệt

    To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).

    transitive

    The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.

  2. làm dịu bớt

    To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.

    transitive

    He turned to alcohol to numb his pain.

  3. làm chai lì

    To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.

    transitive

    […] hunger, fatigue, and despairing hopelessness had numbed his brain […]

  4. trở nên tê liệt

    To become numb (especially physically).

    intransitive

    […] after fumbling with numbing fingers for ten or fifteen minutes, he waved his hand with a gesture of despair […]

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