| 单词 | hard of hearing |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard of hearing P5. hard of hearing: not able to hear well; somewhat or partially deaf; also as n. (with the and plural agreement) partially deaf people as a class. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > [adjective] > hard of hearing hard of hearing1564 thick listed1579 deafish1611 dunny1708 1564 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 134 The testatrixe was hard of hearinge. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum vi. x. 745 The juyce of Sorrell dropped into the eares of such as are hard of hearing helpeth oftentimes. 1749 D. Garrick Lethe (new ed.) 13 What does he say, John—eh?—I am hard of Hearing. 1864 D. B. St. J. Roosa tr. A. F. von Tröltsch Dis. Ear xxiii. 230 The child, who was, properly speaking, only hard of hearing, grows more and more deaf and dumb. 1906 Outlook 6 Jan. 6/2 (advt.) New York School for the Hard-of-Hearing..instruction in lip-reading. 1950 Lancet 11 Nov. 532/2 Practical courses..on audiometry and hearing-aids, hard-of-hearing children, [etc.]. 1991 Garden Apr. (Proceedings Suppl.) p. viii/1 On behalf of the hard of hearing, I would like to say how much we appreciate the installation of the loop which has enabled us..to hear what is going on. 2007 One in Seven Apr. 12/1 As your magazine title reminds us, there are millions of licence payers who are deaf or hard of hearing. < as lemmas |
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