deaf

adj

• ① 聋的;重听的
  • deaf and dumb聋哑的
  • (as) deaf as a post [doorpost]完全聋的,十分聋的
  • a school for deaf children启聪学校
  • The old woman is very deaf.那个老太婆非常重听。
  • He has gone deaf.他变聋了。
  • He was born deaf.他生来就耳聋。
  • She's getting deafer in her old age.她老年时来重听。
  • He is deaf in one ear.他一只耳朵聋了。
  • None (are) so deaf as those who won't hear.【谚】没有人像那些不肯听的人那么聋。
  • The explosion made him deaf for several minutes.那场爆炸使他聋了几分钟。

• ② 不听的,不理的
  • He was deaf to all advice.他对一切忠告都置之不理。

• ③[the deaf;当名词用;当复数用]聋者
  • She goes to a school for the deaf.她到启聪学校上学。