单词 | stone-deaf |
释义 | stone-deaf[ stohn-def ] / ˈstoʊnˈdɛf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stone-deaf ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivetotally deaf. Origin of stone-deafFirst recorded in 1830–40; stone + deaf Words nearby stone-deafstonecrop family, stone curlew, stonecutter, stoned, stone-dead, stone-deaf, stoneface, stonefish, stonefly, stone fruit, stone fungus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stone-deafBritish Dictionary definitions for stone-deafstone-deaf adjectivecompletely deaf usage for stone-deafUse of this word to refer to people with serious hearing difficulties is potentially very offensive: preferred form: profoundly deaf Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with stone-deafstone deaf Totally unable to hear, as in Poor Grandpa, in the last year he's become stone deaf. [First half of 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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