deaden解释

1. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;

   "muffle the message"
   

2. cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients;

   "girdle the plant"
   

3. make vapid or deprive of spirit;

   "deadened wine"
   

4. lessen the momentum or velocity of;

   "deaden a ship's headway"
   

5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
6. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;

   "Terror blunted her feelings"
   "deaden a sound"
   

7. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

1.缓和，减弱（感觉）；降低（声音）
If somethingdeadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.

e.g. He needs morphine todeaden the pain in his chest...
他需要吗啡来缓解胸痛。
e.g. They managed todeaden the sound on TV every time the alleged victim's name was spoken.
每当提到据称是受害者的人的姓名时，他们都设法调低电视机的声音。

• Grass which had seeded between the cobbles..deadened her steps.

  出自：E. Bowen