deaf

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

deaf [deaf deafer deafest] BrE [def] NAmE [def] adjective (deaf·er, deaf·est)
1. unable to hear anything or unable to hear very well
•to become/go deaf
• She was born deaf.
•partially deaf
see also ↑stone deaf, ↑tone-deaf
2. the deafnoun plural 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.
Idioms: ↑deaf as a post ▪ ↑fall on deaf ears ▪ ↑turn a deaf ear
Derived Word: ↑deafness

Word Origin:
Old English dēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doof and German taub, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tuphlos ‘blind’.

Example Bank:
•It's no good shouting— he's stone deaf.
•Many of these children are profoundly deaf.
•She remained deaf until she died.
•She spoke loudly because her mother was a little deaf.
•Standing next to the machine all day left her deaf in one ear.
•The committee remained deaf to our suggestions.
•Their child was born deaf.
•helping chronically deaf patients

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  deaf(p), indifferent(p), deafen