transcription, транскрипция: [ def ]
( deafer, deafest)
1.
Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well.
She is now profoundly deaf.
ADJ
•
The deaf are people who are deaf.
Many regular TV programs are captioned for the deaf.
N-PLURAL : the N
• deaf‧ness
Because of her deafness she was hard to make conversation with.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you say that someone is deaf to people’s requests, arguments, or criticisms, you are criticizing them because they refuse to pay attention to them.
The provincial assembly were deaf to all pleas for financial help.
= impervious
ADJ : v-link ADJ to n [ disapproval ]
3.
to fall on deaf ears: see ear
to turn a deaf ear: see ear