deafen

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++deaf·en /ˈdefən/ verb [transitive]  1. HEAR#if a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else 使〔某人〕感到震耳欲聋2. HEAR#to make someone go deaf 使〔某人〕耳聋n Grammar Deafen is often used in the passive.→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

deafen• We were deafened by the explosion.• Lampard was briefly stunned and deafened so that he couldn't hear himself.• The roar of the water deafened them.

deaf·en verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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deafen
deaf‧en /ˈdefən/ verb [transitive usually passive]
1. if a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else
2. to make someone go deaf

deaf·enBrE /ˈdefn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdefn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they deafen BrE /ˈdefn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdefn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it deafens BrE /ˈdefnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdefnz/ 🔊past simple deafened BrE /ˈdefnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdefnd/ 🔊past participle deafened BrE /ˈdefnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdefnd/ 🔊 -ing form deafening BrE /ˈdefnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdefnɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb to make sb unable to hear the sounds around them because there is too much noise 使震得耳朵发聋◆The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。🔊🔊~ sb to make sb deaf 使聋；使听不见