benumbed
 (adj.)痲木


 Be·numb v. t. [imp. & p. p. Benumbed p. pr. & vb. n. Benumbing.]  To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
    The creeping death benumbed her senses first.   --Dryden.

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 Be·numbed a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. -- Be*numbed*ness, n.

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 benumbed
      adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
             [syn: asleep(p), numb]
      2: having lost or been caused to lose interest because of
         overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming
         dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no
         longer respond" [syn: dulled]