obtund
英 [əb'tʌnd]
美
- vt. 使缓和，使迟钝；减轻
英英释义
- 1. reduce the edge or violence of;
- "obtunded reflexes"
词态变化
第三人称单数: obtunds;过去式: obtunded;过去分词: obtunded;现在分词: obtunding;
中文词源
obtund 使迟钝，缓和
ob-,向前，朝向，-tund,击，打，使钝化，来自PIE*steu,击，打，词源同obtuse,contusion,type.
英文词源
- obtund (v.)
- c. 1400, (transitive) "to render dead, make dull," used occasionally in English, especially in medical jargon; from Latin obtundere "to blunt, make dull, weaken, exhaust," literally "to beat against" (see obtuse). Related: Obtundation; obtunded.