[with obj.][often as adj. benumbed]deprive of physical or emotional feeling 使感情麻木,使呆滞 a hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses. 一声嘶哑的叫喊划过了他麻木的感官。
语源
late 15th cent.: from obsolete benome, past participle of benim 'deprive', from be-(expressing removal) + Old English niman 'take'