[usu. as complement]without one's mental faculties, typically a result of violence or intoxication; unconscious
(尤指因暴力、酒醉)失去知觉的,不省人事的
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they knocked each other insensible with their fists 他们用拳头把对方击得失去知觉
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insensible with drink .喝酒喝得不省人事。
(especially of a body or bodily extremity)numb; without feeling
(尤指身体、肢体末端)麻木的;无感觉的
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the horny and insensible tip of the beak .角质的无感觉喙端。
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(对… )毫无察觉的;漠不关心的
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they slept on, insensible to the headlight beams .他们继续睡着,未察觉那车前灯的光束。
without emotion; callous
无情的;冷酷的。
too small or gradual to be perceived; inappreciable
不被察觉的;微不可辨的
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varying by insensible degrees .以不被察觉的程度改变。
"late Middle English (also in the senses ‘unable to be perceived' and ‘incapable of physical sensation’): partly from Old French