English Dictionary

benumb

IPA（発音記号）

/bi.ˈnʌm/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic. / (transitive, figuratively) To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).

日本語の意味

（物理的に）冷たいものや麻酔薬などで感覚を失わせる、麻痺状態にする / （比喩的に）心や感情を鈍感にし、反応を弱める

The surgeon chose to benumb the patient's leg before beginning the procedure.

外科医は手術を始める前に、患者の脚に麻酔をかけてしびれさせることにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.

[…] the sayd Phillip […] in the same his pilgrimage was stricken with such colde, that he fell into a palsey, and was benumbed of the right side of his body.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).

[…] If this law Of nature be corrupted through affection, And that great minds, of partial indulgence To their benumbed wills, resist the same, There is a law in each well-order’d nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.

benumbs （ present singular third-person ）

benumbing （ participle present ）

benumbed （ participle past ）

benumbed （ past ）