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deaden

deaden
[英] [ˈdedn] [美] [ˈdɛdn:] 生词本

vt.

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1. VERB 缓和，减弱（感觉）；降低（声音） If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud. 

  • He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest...

    他需要吗啡来缓解胸痛。

  • They managed to deaden the sound on TV every time the alleged victim's name was spoken.

    每当提到据称是受害者的人的姓名时，他们都设法调低电视机的声音。

Verb

1. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

  • "muffle the message"

2. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;

  • "girdle the plant"

3. make vapid or deprive of spirit;

  • "deadened wine"

4. lessen the momentum or velocity of;

  • "deaden a ship's headway"

5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

6. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

  • "Terror blunted her feelings"
  • "deaden a sound"

7. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

1. Wood is used to deaden the noise.
木头可以用来消音。

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