deaf
adj
(-er, -est)
1 unable to hear at all or to hear well 聾的: go deaf 變聾
be deaf in one ear 一只耳聾
He's getting deafer in his old age. 他年紀大了耳朵越來越聾.
2 [pred 作表語]
~ to sth unwilling to listen to sth 對某事聽不進
be deaf to all advice, requests, entreaties, etc 對一切勸告、 要求、 懇求等充耳不聞.
3 (idm 習語) (as) ,deaf as a `post/`doorpost (infml 口) very deaf 非常聾的. fall on deaf `ears be ignored or unnoticed by others 被別人忽視; 不受注意
All her appeals for help fell on deaf ears. 她屢屢求助均無人理會. turn a deaf `ear (to sb/sth) refuse to listen (to sb/sth) 不肯聽取(某人的話[某事物]); 對...充耳不聞
She turned a deaf ear to our warnings and got lost. 她對我們的警告充耳不聞, 結果迷失了方向. deaf, n the deaf [pl v]
deaf people 耳聾的人
television subtitles for the deaf 為聾人做的電視對白字幕.