[usu. as complement]without one's mental faculties, typically a result of violence or intoxication; unconscious (尤指因暴力、中毒)失去知觉的,不省人事的 they knocked each other insensible with their fists. 他们用拳头把对方击得失去知觉。 insensible with drink. 喝酒喝得不省人事。 ■(especially of a body or bodily extremity) numb ; without feeling (尤指身体、肢体末端)麻木的;无感觉的 the horny and insensible tip of the beak. 角质的无感觉喙端。
[predic.](insensible of/to)unaware of; indifferent to (对…)毫无察觉的;漠不关心的 they slept on, insensible to the headlight beams. 他们继续睡着,不去理会前灯的光束。 ■without emotion; callous 无情的;冷酷的
too small or gradual to be perceived; inappreciable 不被察觉的;微不可辨的 varying by insensible degrees. 以不被察觉的程度改变。
派生 insensibly adverb 语源
late Middle English (also in the senses 'unable to be perceived' and 'incapable of physical sensation'): partly from Old French insensible (from Latin insensibilis, from in- 'not' + sensibilis, from sensus 'sense'), partly from in- 'not' + sensible