numb的词源

英文词源

numb (adj.)

c. 1400, nome, "deprived of motion or feeling," literally "taken, seized," from past participle of nimen "to take, seize," from Old English niman "to take, catch, grasp" (see nimble). The extraneous -b (to conform to comb, limb, etc.) appeared 17c. The notion is of being "taken" with palsy, shock, and especially cold. Figurative use from 1560s.

numb (v.)

1550s, from numb (adj.). Related: Numbed; numbing.

中文词源

numb：麻木的

来自古英语niman,拿，抓，来自PIE*nem,分配，分开，词源同number,nimble.比喻用法，失去感觉的，麻痹，中风，引申词义麻木的。

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