deaf
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.
We trust that you will quote us your most favorable price for big quantities.
相信由于我方大量订购贵方能报最优惠价格。
After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites -- some of them over forty feet high -- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.