deaf
/def; dɛf/ adj
(-er, -est)
1 unable to hear at all or to hear well 聋的: go deaf 变聋
be deaf in one ear 一只耳聋
He's getting deafer in his old age. 他年纪大了耳朵越来越聋.
2 [pred 作表语]
~ to sth unwilling to listen to sth 对某事听不进
be deaf to all advice, requests, entreaties, etc 对一切劝告、 要求、 恳求等充耳不闻.
3 (idm 习语) (as) ,deaf as a `post/`doorpost (infml 口) very deaf 非常聋的. fall on deaf `ears be ignored or unnoticed by others 被别人忽视; 不受注意
All her appeals for help fell on deaf ears. 她屡屡求助均无人理会. turn a deaf `ear (to sb/sth) refuse to listen (to sb/sth) 不肯听取（某人的话[某事物]）; 对...充耳不闻
She turned a deaf ear to our warnings and got lost. 她对我们的警告充耳不闻, 结果迷失了方向. deaf, n the deaf [pl v]
deaf people 耳聋的人
television subtitles for the deaf 为聋人做的电视对白字幕.