insensible
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How to pronounce insensible in British English:
英 [ɪnˈsensəbl]
How to pronounce insensible in American English:
美 [ɪn'sensəbl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of physical sensation
- (followed by `to' or `by') unaware of or indifferent to
- barely able to be perceived
- unresponsive to stimulation
单词词源
- insensible (adj.)
- c. 1400, "lacking the power to feel with the senses," from Latin insensibilis "that cannot be felt," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + sensibilis (see sensible). Also sometimes in Middle English "incapable of being felt or perceived by the senses" (early 15c.). Meaning "unconscious" is attested from early 15c. See insensate.
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- 1. Lay insensible where he had fallen .
- 2. It is useless attacking the insensible .
- 3. She shouldn 't restrain her anger at their insensible attitudes .
- 4. When your hands are frozen , they become insensible .
- 5. Those cold-blooded pedants are not insensible .