deadening 音标拼音: [d'ɛdənɪŋ] [d'ɛdnɪŋ]
n . 隔音材料
隔音材料
deadening adj 1 :
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness ; "
a boring evening with uninteresting people "; "
the deadening effect of some routine tasks "; "
a dull play "; "
his competent but dull performance "; "
a ho -
hum speaker who couldn '
t capture their attention "; "
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is "-
Edmund Burke ; "
tedious days on the train "; "
the tiresome chirping of a cricket "-
Mark Twain ; "
other people '
s dreams are dreadfully wearisome " [
synonym : {
boring }, {
deadening }, {
dull }, {
ho -
hum },
{
irksome }, {
slow }, {
tedious }, {
tiresome }, {
wearisome }]
n 1 :
the act of making something futile and useless (
as by routine ) [
synonym : {
stultification }, {
constipation },
{
impairment }, {
deadening }]
deadening \
dead "
en *
ing \
adj . [
p .
pr .
of verb {
deaden }[
3 ].]
Rendering less lively ,
intense ,
or vigorous ;
as ,
the deadening effect of some routine tasks .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness ;
as ,
the deadening effect of some routine tasks .
Syn :
boring ,
dreary ,
ho -
hum ,
irksome ,
tedious ,
tiresome ,
wearisome .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Deaden \
Dead "
en \ (
d [
e ^]
d "'
n ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Deadened }
(
d [
e ^]
d "'
nd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Deadening }.] [
From {
Dead };
cf .
AS .
d ?
dan to kill ,
put to death .
See {
Dead },
a .]
1 .
To make as dead ;
to impair in vigor ,
force ,
activity ,
or sensation ;
to lessen the force or acuteness of ;
to blunt ;
as ,
to deaden the natural powers or feelings ;
to deaden a sound .
[
1913 Webster ]
As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp ,
to deaden its vibrations .
--
Longfellow .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To lessen the velocity or momentum of ;
to retard ;
as ,
to deaden a ship '
s headway .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To make vapid or spiritless ;
as ,
to deaden wine .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To deprive of gloss or brilliancy ;
to obscure ;
as ,
to deaden gilding by a coat of size .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
To render impervious to sound ,
as a wall or floor ;
to deafen .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
deadening \
dead "
en *
ing \
n .
The act of making something futile and useless (
as by routine ).
Syn :
stultification ,
impairment .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "
deadening ":
abatement ,
abating ,
allaying ,
allayment ,
alleviating ,
alleviation ,
alleviative ,
analgesia ,
analgesic ,
anesthesia ,
anesthetic ,
anesthetizing ,
anodyne ,
appeasement ,
assuagement ,
assuaging ,
assuasive ,
attenuation ,
attrition ,
balmy ,
balsamic ,
benumbing ,
blunting ,
calming ,
cathartic ,
chastening ,
cleansing ,
cushioning ,
dampening ,
damping ,
debilitation ,
demulcent ,
demulsion ,
devitalization ,
dilution ,
diminishing ,
diminishment ,
diminution ,
dulcification ,
dulling ,
ease ,
easement ,
easing ,
effemination ,
emollient ,
enervation ,
enfeeblement ,
evisceration ,
exhaustion ,
extenuation ,
falling -
off ,
fatigue ,
hushing ,
inanition ,
languishment ,
leniency ,
lenitive ,
lessening ,
letdown ,
letup ,
lightening ,
loosening ,
lulling ,
mitigating ,
mitigation ,
mitigative ,
modulation ,
mollification ,
narcotic ,
numbing ,
pacification ,
pain -
killing ,
palliation ,
palliative ,
purgative ,
quietening ,
quieting ,
reducing ,
reduction ,
relaxation ,
relaxing ,
relief ,
relieving ,
remedial ,
remedy ,
remission ,
salving ,
slackening ,
softening ,
soothing ,
stunning ,
stupefying ,
subduement ,
subduing ,
tempering ,
thinning ,
tranquilization ,
weakening
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