deaf
英 [def]
美[dɛf]
- adj. 聋的
词态变化
比较级: deafer;最高级: deafest;名词: deafness;
助记提示
deaf...........呆 夫（发呆，没听见）....聋的;装聋的
中文词源
deaf 聋的
来自PIE*dheubh, 混乱，模糊，词源同dumb, dull.引申义聋的。
英英释意
- 1. people who have severe hearing impairments;
- "many of the deaf use sign language"
英文词源
- deaf
- deaf: [OE] Ultimately, deaf and dumb come from the same source, and moreover they are related to a Greek word for ‘blind’. The common denominator ‘sensory or mental impairment’ goes back to an Indo-European base *dheubh-, which denoted ‘confusion, stupefaction, dizziness’. It produced Greek tuphlós ‘blind’; English dumb; and a prehistoric Germanic adjective *daubaz ‘dull, stupefied, slow’.
Many of the modern descendants of *daubaz retain this general sense – Danish doven means ‘lazy’ – but English has specialized it to ‘dull in hearing’. Duffer may ultimately be derived from Old Norse daufr ‘deaf’ in which the sense ‘dull, stupid’ is preserved.
=> duffer, dumb - deaf (adj.)
- Old English deaf "deaf," also "empty, barren," specialized from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (cognates: Old Saxon dof, Old Norse daufr, Old Frisian daf, Dutch doof "deaf," German taub, Gothic daufs "deaf, insensate"), from PIE dheubh-, which was used to form words meaning "confusion, stupefaction, dizziness" (cognates: Greek typhlos "blind," typhein "to make smoke;" Old English dumb "unable to speak;" Old High German tumb).
The word was pronounced to rhyme with reef until 18c. Deaf-mute is from 1837, after French sourd-muet. Deaf-mutes were sought after in 18c.-19c. Britain as fortune-tellers. Deaf as an adder (Old English) is from Psalms lviii:5.
考试真题
- In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
- In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
- The professor was deaf and any talking was prohibited.
2017年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文
词组搭配
(as) deaf as a post
completely or extremely deaf
极聋的
fall on deaf ears
(of a statement or request) be ignored by others
（陈述，要求）不被听取
turn a deaf ear
refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request
置若罔闻；毫不注意
实用场景例句
- He turned a deaf ear to the rumours.
- 他对这些谣言置若罔闻。
牛津词典
- He was deaf to my requests for help.
- 他对我的求助充耳不闻。
牛津词典
- Her advice fell on deaf ears.
- 她的忠告没有受到重视。
牛津词典
- to become/go deaf
- 变聋
牛津词典
- She was born deaf.
- 她天生耳聋。
牛津词典
- television subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- 为耳聋和耳背者做的电视字幕
牛津词典
- She is now profoundly deaf.
- 她现在已经严重失聪了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The provincial assembly were deaf to all pleas for financial help.
- 省议会对所有的经济救助请求都充耳不闻。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is deaf of [ in ] one ear.
- 他 聋 了一只耳朵.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Deaf people can't hear.
- 聋人听不见.
《简明英汉词典》
- His complaints fell on deaf ears.
- 没有人理会他的抱怨.
《简明英汉词典》
- He can't hear you — he's deaf.
- 他听不见你说的话——他是聋子.
《简明英汉词典》
- The proposal fell upon deaf ears.
- 这个倡议没人理睬.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He turned a deaf ear to my request for help.
- 他对于我的求助置若罔闻.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is deaf to your earnest advice.
- 他听不进你的忠言.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He turned a deaf ear to the instruction given by his teacher.
- 他对老师的教导塞耳不闻.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I didn't expect him to turn a deaf ear to his comrades'criticism.
- 我没料想到他对同志们的批评竟充耳不闻.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He always turns a deaf ear to other people's criticism.
- 他对别人对他的批评总是听而不闻.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He turned a deaf ear to criticism.
- 他对批评听不进去.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The deaf do not hear at all.
- 聋子根本听不见声音.
《简明英汉词典》
- The partly deaf man inclined forward to hear the conversation more clearly.
- 那个耳朵半聋的人把身子往前凑,以便把谈话听得更清楚.
《简明英汉词典》
- Men are awake enough to their own interests, who turn a deaf ear to their friends'distress.
- 对朋友的痛苦置若罔闻的人,对个人的利益非常注意.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.
- 暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣.
《简明英汉词典》
- It is wrong to turn a deaf ear to other's criticism.
- 对别人的批评充耳不闻是错误的.
《简明英汉词典》
- The boy is mute and deaf.
- 这男孩既聋又哑.
《简明英汉词典》
- Can't you find a way of turning a deaf ear to her endless complaints?
- 你有办法假装听不见她那没完没了的抱怨 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》