| 单词 | deaf |
| 释义 | deaf (once / 335 pages) nadjv If you're deaf, you can't hear or have extremely limited hearing abilities. Many people who are deaf communicate using sign language. Some people are born deaf, while others lose their hearing later in life because of illness or injury. People who have been deaf their whole lives and are actively involved with the deaf community consider deafness a "difference in experience," not a disability. When someone accuses you of being "deaf to" their argument, they mean that you are refusing to pay attention or listen. Until the 18th century, deaf was pronounced so it rhymed with beef. WORD FAMILYdeaf: deafed, deafen, deafer, deafest, deafly, deafness, deafs+/deafen: deafened, deafening, deafens/deafening: deafeningly USAGE EXAMPLESWatson held his hands to the earflap of his helmet, but his pleas for noise fell on deaf ears. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) When he left the hospital, he was deaf. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Jim tries to get answers to his many questions, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Time(Dec 20, 2016) 1n people who have severe hearing impairments many of the deaf use sign language Hyper people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively 2adj lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part Syn|Ant deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak deafenedcaused to hear poorly or not at all hard-of-hearing, hearing-impairedhaving a hearing loss deaf as a post, profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, unhearingtotally deaf; unable to hear anything tone-deafunable to appreciate music hearing able to perceive sound quick-eared, sharp-earedhaving keen hearing 3adj (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed deaf to her warnings Syn indifferent heedless, unheeding marked by or paying little heed or attention 4v make or render deaf Syn|Hyper deafen desensitise, desensitize cause not to be sensitive |
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