| 单词 | deaf |
| 释义 | deaf /def/ ●●○ W3 adjective 1 HEAR#physically unable to hear anything or unable to hear well 耳聋的，失聪的 → hearing impaired communication between deaf and hearing people 失聪者和听力正常者之间的交流 I think Mum’s going a bit deaf. 我觉得妈妈有点耳聋了。 She’s deaf and dumb (=unable to hear or speak) and communicates using sign language. 她又聋又哑，用手语交流。 Tom was born profoundly deaf (=having great difficulty hearing). 汤姆天生几乎全聋。stone deaf/deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf) 完全耳聋的 → hard of hearing, tone-deaf2 the deaf [plural]HEAR# people who are deaf 耳聋的人 a school for the deaf 聋人学校3 be deaf to something literaryLISTEN# to be unwilling to hear or listen to something 不愿听某事，不肯听取某事 She was deaf to his pleas. 她对他的恳求充耳不闻。4 turn a deaf ear (to something) IGNOREto be unwilling to listen to what someone is saying or asking （对某事）充耳不闻[置若罔闻] The factory owners turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers. 工厂主对工人们提出的要求置若罔闻。5. fall on deaf ears IGNOREif advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it 〔建议、警告〕遭人忽视，不被理睬 —deafness noun [uncountable]n COLLOCATIONSverbsgo deaf (=become deaf)By the time he was 50 he had begun to go deaf.be born deafIf the mother gets the disease, her baby may be born deaf.leave somebody deaf (=cause someone to become deaf)A blow on the head left him permanently deaf.adverbstotally deaf (=completely deaf)He was totally deaf, and unable to walk.partially deaf (=partly deaf)Most children who are partially deaf can be taught in normal schools.stone deaf informal (=completely deaf)She must be stone deaf if she didn’t hear all that noise!profoundly deaf technical (=completely deaf)Many profoundly deaf children have great difficulty in learning to read.phrasesas deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf)He won’t hear you - he’s as deaf as a post.deaf in one earThe illness left her deaf in one ear.n THESAURUSdeaf adjective physically unable to hear anything, or unable to hear wellDeaf people use sign language to communicate.be hard of hearing to have difficulty hearing things, for example because you are oldYou’ll have to speak up – she’s a bit hard of hearing.subtitles for the hard of hearinghearing-impaired formal adjective having a permanent physical condition which makes it difficult for you to hear thingsNot all hearing-impaired people are completely deaf.Examples from the Corpusdeaf• Found as a baby in Darjeeling, she, too, is deaf.• One such group is the deaf.• Her second child, Oscar, was born deaf.• More programmes these days have subtitles for the deaf.• You'll need to speak quite loudly because my father's going deaf.• Dad's partially deaf and needs a hearing aid.• Does it adequately outline assessment procedures which will identify the needs of the deaf child?• All normal deaf children can develop in the oral system.• Washington, that bastion of deaf ears and self-indulgent thinking, is actually trying to relate to the country it represents.• But the union message today is increasingly falling upon deaf ears.• There is no reason why deaf people wouldn't lead perfectly normal lives.• Higher education for the deaf receives the same lukewarm support.• Mr Farrer, a white-haired man in his fifties, had been stone deaf since he was a child.• That was another of Eunice Snell's theories, that he was a bit weak in the head and probably stone deaf too.deaf and dumb• Her illness, when she had been struck deaf and dumb - had she been in the field then?• The deaf and dumb one, who seemed about to speak or make a noise as he came.• Maginn also took part in the debate concerning the intermarriage of deaf and dumb people.• Sleight was a genuine friend of deaf and dumb people.• The second related to the difficulties experienced by deaf and dumb school-leavers in finding suitable employment and particularly in entering skilled trades.• Kim stood like a deaf and dumb sentry, never once asking her to stay.• Alice herself was deaf and dumb until - she claims - she saw a vision of the Immaculate Conception.Origin deaf Old Englishdeaf adjective →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChinese unable hear physically Corpus anything hear to to or unable |
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