单词 | deafen |
释义 | deafenv. 1. transitive. To make deaf, to deprive of the power of hearing; to stun with noise. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < v.1611 |
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