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.
实用例句
1. He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.
他能感到指尖正在变得麻木。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Numb with terror, she stared at the departing maraud-ers.
她吓得呆若木鸡，眼睁睁地看着劫匪们离去。
来自柯林斯例句
3. First he had been numb. Then the numbness gave way to anger.
