| 单词 | deaf |
| 释义 | deafdeaf /dɛf/ ●●○ adjective 1physically unable to hear anything or unable to hear well: I worry that I’m going deaf (=becoming deaf). Dad’s partially deaf and needs a hearing aid.profoundly/totally deaf He was born profoundly deaf. The dog is 14 and deaf as a post (=completely deaf). → see also stone deaf, tone-deaf2the deaf [plural] people who are deaf: a school for the deaf3deaf to something literary unwilling to hear or listen to something: She was deaf to his warnings.4turn a deaf ear to be unwilling to listen to what someone is saying or asking: The factory owners turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers.5fall on deaf ears if something you say falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it: Their requests fell on deaf ears. [Origin: Old English]—deafness noun [uncountable] |
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