deaf
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++deaf /def/ ●●○ W3 adjective 1 HEAR#physically unable to hear anything or unable to hear well 耳聋的，失聪的 → hearing impaired 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。stone deaf/deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf) 完全耳聋的 → hard of hearing, tone-deaf2 the deaf [plural]HEAR# people who are deaf 耳聋的人 a school for the deaf 聋人学校3 be deaf to something literaryLISTEN# to be unwilling to hear or listen to something 不愿听某事，不肯听取某事 She was deaf to his pleas. 她对他的恳求充耳不闻。4 turn a deaf ear (to something) IGNOREto be unwilling to listen to what someone is saying or asking （对某事）充耳不闻[置若罔闻] The factory owners turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers. 工厂主对工人们提出的要求置若罔闻。5. fall on deaf ears IGNOREif advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it 〔建议、警告〕遭人忽视，不被理睬 —deafness noun [uncountable]n COLLOCATIONSverbsgo deaf (=become deaf)By the time he was 50 he had begun to go deaf.be born deafIf the mother gets the disease, her baby may be born deaf.leave somebody deaf (=cause someone to become deaf)A blow on the head left him permanently deaf.adverbstotally deaf (=completely deaf)He was totally deaf, and unable to walk.partially deaf (=partly deaf)Most children who are partially deaf can be taught in normal schools.stone deaf informal (=completely deaf)She must be stone deaf if she didn’t hear all that noise!profoundly deaf technical (=completely deaf)Many profoundly deaf children have great difficulty in learning to read.phrasesas deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf)He won’t hear you - he’s as deaf as a post.deaf in one earThe illness left her deaf in one ear.n THESAURUSdeaf adjective physically unable to hear anything, or unable to hear wellDeaf people use sign language to communicate.be hard of hearing to have difficulty hearing things, for example because you are oldYou’ll have to speak up – she’s a bit hard of hearing.subtitles for the hard of hearinghearing-impaired formal adjective having a permanent physical condition which makes it difficult for you to hear thingsNot all hearing-impaired people are completely deaf.
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deaf• Found as a baby in Darjeeling, she, too, is deaf.• One such group is the deaf.• Her second child, Oscar, was born deaf.• More programmes these days have subtitles for the deaf.• You'll need to speak quite loudly because my father's going deaf.• Dad's partially deaf and needs a hearing aid.• Does it adequately outline assessment procedures which will identify the needs of the deaf child?• All normal deaf children can develop in the oral system.• Washington, that bastion of deaf ears and self-indulgent thinking, is actually trying to relate to the country it represents.• But the union message today is increasingly falling upon deaf ears.• There is no reason why deaf people wouldn't lead perfectly normal lives.• Higher education for the deaf receives the same lukewarm support.• Mr Farrer, a white-haired man in his fifties, had been stone deaf since he was a child.• That was another of Eunice Snell's theories, that he was a bit weak in the head and probably stone deaf too.deaf and dumb• Her illness, when she had been struck deaf and dumb - had she been in the field then?• The deaf and dumb one, who seemed about to speak or make a noise as he came.• Maginn also took part in the debate concerning the intermarriage of deaf and dumb people.• Sleight was a genuine friend of deaf and dumb people.• The second related to the difficulties experienced by deaf and dumb school-leavers in finding suitable employment and particularly in entering skilled trades.• Kim stood like a deaf and dumb sentry, never once asking her to stay.• Alice herself was deaf and dumb until - she claims - she saw a vision of the Immaculate Conception.Origin deaf Old Englishdeaf adjective →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChinese
unable hear physically Corpus anything hear to to or unable
deaf
deaf W3 /def/
adjective
communication between deaf and hearing people
I think Mum’s going a bit deaf.
She’s deaf and dumb (=unable to hear or speak) and communicates using sign language.
Tom was born profoundly deaf (=having great difficulty hearing).
stone deaf/deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf) ⇨ hard of hearing, tone-deaf
2. the deaf [plural] people who are deaf:
a school for the deaf
3. be deaf to something literary to be unwilling to hear or listen to something:
She was deaf to his pleas.
4. turn a deaf ear (to something) 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.
5. fall on deaf ears if advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it
—deafness noun [uncountable]
■ verbs
▪go deaf (=become deaf) By the time he was 50 he had begun to go deaf.
▪be born deaf If the mother gets the disease, her baby may be born deaf.
▪leave somebody deaf (=cause someone to become deaf) A blow on the head left him permanently deaf.
■ adverbs
▪totally deaf (=completely deaf) He was totally deaf, and unable to walk.
▪partially deaf (=partly deaf) Most children who are partially deaf can be taught in normal schools.
▪stone deaf informal (=completely deaf) She must be stone deaf if she didn’t hear all that noise!
▪profoundly deaf technical (=completely deaf) Many profoundly deaf children have great difficulty in learning to read.
■ phrases
▪as deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf) He won’t hear you - he’s as deaf as a post.
▪deaf in one ear The illness left her deaf in one ear.
▪ deaf adjective physically unable to hear anything, or unable to hear well: Deaf people use sign language to communicate.
▪be hard of hearing to have difficulty hearing things, for example because you are old: You’ll have to speak up – she’s a bit hard of hearing. | subtitles for the hard of hearing
▪hearing-impaired formal adjective having a permanent physical condition which makes it difficult for you to hear things: Not all hearing-impaired people are completely deaf.
deaf W3 /def/
adjective Language: Old English
1. physically unable to hear anything or unable to hear well ⇨ hearing impaired: stone deaf/deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf) ⇨ hard of hearing, tone-deaf
2. the deaf [plural] people who are deaf:
3. be deaf to something literary to be unwilling to hear or listen to something:
4. turn a deaf ear (to something) to be unwilling to listen to what someone is saying or asking:
5. fall on deaf ears if advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it
—deafness noun [uncountable]
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trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again 通常指往返的旅行 ：◆ a business trip 出差 ◆ a five-minute trip by taxi 五分钟的出租车车程 journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart 尤指长途旅行 ：◆ a long and difficult journey across the mountains 漫长而艰难的翻山旅行
trip or journey? 用 trip 还是 journey？
tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited 指游览多地的旅行、旅游 ：◆ a tour of Bavaria 巴伐利亚之旅 expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known 指远征、探险、考察 ：◆ the first expedition to the South Pole 首次去南极的探险 excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people 尤指集体远足、短途旅行 ：◆ We went on an all-day excursion to the island. 我们到岛上去游览了一整天。 outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day 指集体出外游玩或学习，通常不超过一天 ：◆ The children were on a day's outing from school. 孩子们离校游览了一天。 day out a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure 指一日游 ：◆ We had a day out at the beach. 我们在海滩玩了一天。
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a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expeditiona bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tourto go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing/day outto set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursionto make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
trip an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again 通常指往返的旅行 ：◆ a business trip 出差 ◆ a five-minute trip by taxi 五分钟的出租车车程 journey an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart 尤指长途旅行 ：◆ a long and difficult journey across the mountains 漫长而艰难的翻山旅行
trip or journey? 用 trip 还是 journey？
tour a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited 指游览多地的旅行、旅游 ：◆ a tour of Bavaria 巴伐利亚之旅 expedition an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known 指远征、探险、考察 ：◆ the first expedition to the South Pole 首次去南极的探险 excursion a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people 尤指集体远足、短途旅行 ：◆ We went on an all-day excursion to the island. 我们到岛上去游览了一整天。 outing a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day 指集体出外游玩或学习，通常不超过一天 ：◆ The children were on a day's outing from school. 孩子们离校游览了一天。 day out a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure 指一日游 ：◆ We had a day out at the beach. 我们在海滩玩了一天。
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a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expeditiona bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tourto go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing/day outto set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursionto make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion