deaf

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a. 聋的 [医] 聋的

发音

/dɛf/
UK /diːf/
US /diːf/
其它 /diːf/
其它 /dɛːf/

词形变化

deafs 复数 deafs deafed deafing deafs 三单 deafing 现在分词 deafed 过去式 deafed 过去分词 deafer 比较级 deafer deafest deafest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

聋的

physically unable to hear anything or unable to hear well

communication between deaf and hearing people

失聪者和听力正常者之间的交流

I think Mum's going a bit deaf .

我觉得妈妈有点耳聋了。

She's deaf and dumb (= unable to hear or speak ) and communicates using sign language.

她又聋又哑,用手语交流。

Tom was born profoundly deaf (= having great difficulty hearing ) .

汤姆天生几乎全聋。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A deaf person.

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To deafen.

    废旧 及物
adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Unable (or partially able) to hear.

    耳聋

    My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.

    It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf.

  2. 2.

    Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.

    Those people are deaf to reason.

  3. 3.

    Of or relating to the community of deaf people.

  4. 4.

    Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Decayed; tasteless; useless.

    英国 方言 废旧

    a deaf nut; deaf corn

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf.

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