英语单词 | deaf |
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英美音标 | 英 [def] 美 [def] |
中文释义 | adj.聋的;充耳不闻的 |
英语例句 | (1) He's a deaf mute and cannot tell anyone secret. (2) He is always deaf to his teacher's advice. (3) He turns a deaf ear to criticism media. |
中文例句 | (1) 他是个聋哑人,不会把他们的秘密告诉任何人。 (2) 他总是对他老师的忠告充耳不闻。 (3) 他对媒体的批评充耳不闻。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you're deaf, you can't hear or have extremely limited hearing abilities. Many people who are deaf communicate using sign language. |
vocabulary扩展 | Some people are born deaf, while others lose their hearing later in life because of illness or injury. People who have been deaf their whole lives and are actively involved with the deaf community consider deafness a "difference in experience," not a disability. When someone accuses you of being "deaf to" their argument, they mean that you are refusing to pay attention or listen. Until the 18th century, deaf was pronounced so it rhymed with beef. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]聋的;失聪的 Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well. [
deafness
2 [ADJ 形容词]对…充耳不闻的;不愿听…的 If you say that someone is deaf to people's requests, arguments, or criticisms, you are criticizing them because they refuse to pay attention to them. [v-link ADJ [disapproval]
3 to fall on deaf ears→see: ear ;to turn a deaf ear→see: ear ; |
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