| 释义 |
deafness|ˈdɛfnɪs|
For forms see deaf a.
[See -ness.]
The state of condition of being deaf.
1398Trevisa Barth. de P.R. v. xii. (1495) 117 Yf colera be wasted in deyf men, deifnes is taken awaye. c1440Promp. Parv. 116 Deffenesse, surditas. 1610Shakes. Temp. i. ii. 106 Your tale, Sir, would cure deafenesse. 1682J. Norris Hìerocles 138 The blindness and deafness of those Souls which fall into Vice. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxiii. 167 The deafness was probably due to a strain of the tympanum. |