deaden
🇬🇧/ˈded(ə)n/ 🇺🇸/ˈdedn/
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If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud. 使(感觉)减弱
verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 使减弱；使麻木；隔阻
He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest. 他需要吗啡来减轻胸口处的疼痛。
verb [vi. 不及物动词] vi. 变得如死一般；失去活力
He was given drugs to deaden the pain. 给了他止痛药。
dead(死) + en → 死掉 → 减弱
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- They used the toxin to deaden the muscles that control frowning. 他们通过注射这种毒素来减轻肌肉控制皱眉头这项行为的能力。