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.
例文
1. He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.
彼は指先がしびれているのを感じることができる。
2. Numb with terror,she stared at the departing maraud-ers.
彼女は呆然として強盗たちが去っていくのを見ていた。
3.First he had been numb .Then the numbness gave way to anger.