numb

/nʌm/ (bre, ipa) · /nʌm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈnəm/ (ame, mw)

numb — 形容詞

  • numbpositive
  • numbercomparative
  • numbestsuperlative

1. When an arm, leg, lip, or another area feels numb, touch and pain are hard to no

1.形容詞B2
釋義

發麻的

身體部位暫時失去感覺

When an arm, leg, lip, or another area feels numb, touch and pain are hard to notice there for a while.

例句

After the ski lift stopped, Cyrus's toes felt numb inside his wet boots.

滑雪吊椅停住後，Cyrus 濕掉的靴子裡腳趾都發麻了。

[body part] felt numb inside + clothing

Linh shook her hand because two fingers had gone numb on the train.

Linh 在火車上把手壓太久，只好甩一甩那兩根發麻的手指。

go numb after pressure or awkward position

同義詞
  • asleep

    informal and especially common for a hand, arm, foot, or leg

  • tingling

    not the same — some feeling is still there, often as light pins and needles

  • deadened

    more literary and often used for pain or sensation becoming dull

反義詞

文法句型

[body part] + feel/go/stay + numb

numb from + cold/pressure/medicine

用法筆記

Often used with body parts and with verbs like feel, go, or stay. It usually describes temporary loss of feeling from cold, pressure, poor blood flow, or medicine.

常見錯誤

❌My hand was insensitive from the cold.
✅My hand was numb from the cold.
💡'insensitive' usually describes a person's attitude, not temporary loss of feeling in a body part.

2. If you feel numb, shock, grief, or fear has made your emotions and reactions see

2.形容詞C1
釋義

麻木的

因震驚而情緒反應變遲鈍

If you feel numb, shock, grief, or fear has made your emotions and reactions seem slow or blank.

例句

After the phone call, Sade sat on the kitchen floor, too numb to cry.

接到那通電話後，Sade 坐在廚房地板上，整個人麻木到哭不出來。

too numb to + verb after bad news

Eitan felt numb as the nurse explained why the operation had failed.

Eitan 聽著護理師解釋手術為何失敗時，心裡一片麻木。

feel numb as + shocking news arrives

同義詞
  • dazed

    stresses confusion as well as emotional shock

  • stunned

    often stronger and more sudden

  • blank

    focuses on an empty or expressionless look

反義詞
  • responsive

    still able to react normally to what is happening

  • emotional

    showing feelings openly instead of feeling shut down

文法句型

feel numb after + shock/loss

too numb to + verb

用法筆記

Often follows feel or appears after verbs about shock, loss, or fear. Unlike sense 1, it describes emotions and reactions rather than touch in a body part.

常見錯誤

❌I was numb to hear the news.
✅I felt numb after hearing the news.
💡this adjective describes your emotional state after a shock, not what you were 'to' at that moment.

numb — 動詞