unable to hear anything or unable to hear very well 聋的 Extra ExamplesMany of these children are profoundly deaf. 这些孩子中有许多是全聋。 She remained deaf until she died. 直到去世她一直没有恢复听力。 She spoke loudly because her mother was a little deaf. 她说话很大声，因为她母亲有点儿耳背。 Standing next to the machine all day left her deaf in one ear. 整日站在机器旁边使她一只耳朵失聪。 helping chronically deaf patients 帮助慢性耳聋病人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be born
- become
- …
- completely
- profoundly
- stone
- …
- to
- deaf in one ear
- the deafnoun [plural]
people who cannot hear 耳聋的人；聋子 television subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 为耳聋和耳背者做的电视字幕
More Like This Plural adjectival nounsPlural adjectival nouns - [not before noun] deaf to something
not willing to listen or pay attention to something 不愿听；不去注意 He was deaf to my requests for help. 他对我的求助充耳不闻。 The committee remained deaf to our suggestions. 委员会对我们的建议充耳不闻。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- be born
- become
- …
- completely
- profoundly
- stone
- …
- to
- deaf in one ear
Word OriginOld English dēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doof and German taub, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tuphlos ‘blind’.
Idioms
(as) deaf as a post
- (informal)
very deaf 全聋；聋得什么也听不见 More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms- (as) bald as a coot
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) bold as brass
- as busy as a bee
- as clean as a whistle
- (as) dead as a/the dodo
- (as) deaf as a post
- (as) dull as ditchwater
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- as flat as a pancake
- (as) good as gold
- (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
- (as) miserable/ugly as sin
- as old as the hills
- (as) pleased/proud as Punch
- as pretty as a picture
- (as) regular as clockwork
- (as) quick as a flash
- (as) safe as houses
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) steady as a rock
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (as) tough as old boots
fall on deaf ears
turn a deaf ear (to somebody/something)