deaf
US: /ˈdɛf/
UK: /dˈɛf/
UK: /dˈɛf/
English Vietnamese dictionary
deaf /def/
- tính từ
- điếc
- deaf of an ear; deaf in one ear: điếc một tai
- deaf and dumb: điếc và câm
- a deaf ear: tai điếc
- làm thinh, làm ngơ
- to be deaf to someone's advice: làm thinh không nghe lời khuyên của ai
- to turn a deaf ear to something: làm thinh như không nghe thấy cái gì
- as deaf as an adder (a beetle, a stone, a post)
- điếc đặc, điếc lòi ra
- there are none so deaf as those that will not hear
- không có kẻ nào điếc hơn là kẻ không muốn nghe (lẽ phải...)
- điếc
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective (deafer, deafest)
1 unable to hear anything or unable to hear very well: to become / go deaf + She was born deaf. + partially deaf
See also -
2 (the deaf) noun [pl.] people who cannot hear: television subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
3 [not before noun] ~ to sth not willing to listen or pay attention to sth: He was deaf to my requests for help.
deafness noun [U]
Idioms: (as) deaf as a post (informal) very deaf
fall on deaf ears to be ignored or not noticed by other people: Her advice fell on deaf ears.
turn a deaf ear (to sb/sth) to ignore or refuse to listen to sb/sth: He turned a deaf ear to the rumours.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 hard of hearing, stone-deaf:
Sean is slightly deaf in his left ear.
2 unhearing, unheedful, heedless, insensible, insensitive, impervious, indifferent, oblivious, unresponsive, unmoved, unconcerned, unyielding:
The judge was deaf to all appeals for clemency.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be | be born
Their child was born deaf.
| become, end up, go
He eventually went deaf.
| remain
She remained deaf until she died.
| leave sb, make sb
Standing next to the machine all day left her deaf in one ear.
ADV.
very | profoundly
(technical),
stone, totally
Many of these children are profoundly deaf. It's no good shouting?he's stone deaf.
| a little, partially, rather, slightly
She spoke loudly because her mother was a little deaf.
| chronically
helping chronically deaf patients
PREP.
~ to
(figurative) The committee remained deaf to our suggestions.
PHRASES
deaf in one ear
Concise English dictionary
deafer|deafestdef
noun
+people who have severe hearing impairments
verb
+make or render deaf
adj.
+lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
+(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
