单词 | ear-splitting |
释义 | > as lemmasear-splitting ear-splitting adj. that seems to split the ears; extremely loud. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > deafening deafeninga1616 deafinga1625 obtunding1645 stunning1667 ear-splitting1761 splitting1821 head-splitting1824 shattering1842 ear-sore1859 1761 J. Burgh Art of Speaking 45 What is left for me to say of those devotion-confounding, ear-splitting pests of our churches, I mean, the parish-clerks, and parish-children? 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Sept. 4/1 The trombones seemed..to drown everything else by their ear-splitting tones. 1953 J. Cary Except the Lord xviii. 80 I drifted through the heat, the noise,..The ear-splitting blare of steam organs,..and the ground bass of voices. 2004 S. Quigley Run for Home (2005) xx. 331 Mrs Archer had been listening to the ear-splitting din for nearly two hours, and knew that it could go on all night. < as lemmas |
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