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单词 deafen
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deafenv.

/ˈdɛf(ə)n/
Forms: Also 1600s deaffen.
Etymology: < deaf adj.: see -en suffix5. A later synonym of deaf v.
1. transitive. To make deaf, to deprive of the power of hearing; to stun with noise. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > have a hearing disorder [verb (transitive)] > make deaf
adeavec1350
greggea1382
deatha1450
deafa1500
deafen1611
bedeaf1620
bedeafen1631
obsurd1639
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assourdir, to deafen, or make deafe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 24 With deaff'ning [1600 deaffing] Clamors.
1634 W. Habington Castara ii. 72 We beginne To live in silence, when the noise oth' Bench Not deafens Westminster.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Jan. (1965) I. 291 Hunting horns..that allmost deafen the company.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 269 Racine left the ground..deafened, dazzled, and tired to death.
2. To render (a sound) inaudible; to drown by a louder sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (transitive)] > surpass in loudness or drown
outvoice1612
out-thunder1616
outnoise1639
deaf1640
deafen1823
thunder1845
overtone1862
1823 T. Chalmers Serm. I. v. 126 With whom the Voice of God is therefore deafened by the voice and testimony of men.
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. vii. 102 I tarried till the mouths of my hounds were deafened by the blows of the chopper.
3. Building. To make (a floor or partition) impervious to sound by means of pugging.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > sound-proofing or conditioning > sound-proof [verb (transitive)]
deafena1830
deaden1901
a1830 T. Somerville Life & Times (1861) 337 Few of the floors were deafened or plastered.
4. intransitive. To become deaf. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > have a hearing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become deaf
adeaveeOE
deavea1400
deaf1530
deafen1680
1680 [implied in: Earl of Roscommon Poems (1780) 81 Music no more delights our deaf'ning ears. (at deafening adj. 2)].

Derivatives

ˈdeafened adj.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [adjective] > not hearing > deafened by noise
deafened1679
stunned1764
stounded1827
ear-sore1859
1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus ii. 28 Methinks my deafen'd ears Are burst.
ˈdeafening n. material used for this purpose, pugging: deafening-board, a board fixed between floor-joints to prevent sound from passing through the floor.
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1839 M. Lafever Mod. Archit. 111 Strips nailed on the sides of the beams, to support the deafening board.
1864 Glasgow Herald 9 Apr. The heavy load of earth which has been put in for deafening.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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