torpid
词根词缀：
torpid adj. 迟钝的
torp 麻木 + id …的 → 麻木的 → 迟钝的
torpidity n. 麻痹
torpid 迟钝的 + ity 具备某种性质，状况 → 麻痹
torpify v. 使麻木；使迟钝
torp 麻木 + ify 使 → 使麻木；使迟钝
torpor n. 迟钝；不活泼
torp 麻木 + or 情况，状态，性质 → 迟钝；不活泼
torporific adj. 引起麻痹的，引起麻木的
torpor 迟钝；不活泼 + ific 产生…的 → 引起麻痹的，引起麻木的
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相关例句：
Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull;
她们完全没有受过教育，官能都很迟钝，使我觉得这些人笨得无可救药。
Even when he was awake he was completely torpid.
他醒着的时候也完全麻木不动。
Was he alert or torpid?
他是机敏的还是迟钝的？
Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather.
东半球形似松鼠、尾巴有毛的小型啮齿动物，在寒冷的冬季变得迟钝。
An idle or lazy person. she was fat and inert; a sluggish worker; a mind grown torpid in old age.
她又胖又懒惰；懒惰的工人；晚年时发展迟缓的思想。
They were pleasant spring days, in which the winter of man's discontent was thawing as well as the earth, and the life that had lain torpid began to stretch itself.
那是愉快的春日，人们感到不满的冬日正跟冻上一样地消溶，而蛰伏的生命开始舒伸了。