Tra từ deaf - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

deaf W3 /def/ BrE AmE adjective
[Language: Old English]
1. physically unable to hear anything or unable to hear well ⇨ hearing impaired:
communication between deaf and hearing people
I think Mum’s going a bit deaf.
She’s deaf and dumb (=unable to hear or speak) and communicates using sign language.
Tom was born profoundly deaf (=having great difficulty hearing).
stone deaf/deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf) ⇨ ↑hard of hearing, ↑tone-deaf
2. the deaf [plural] people who are deaf:
a school for the deaf
3. be deaf to something literary to be unwilling to hear or listen to something:
She was deaf to his pleas.
4. turn a deaf ear (to something) to be unwilling to listen to what someone is saying or asking:
The factory owners turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers.
5. fall on deaf ears if advice or a warning falls on deaf ears, everyone ignores it
—deafness noun [uncountable]
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪ go deaf (=become deaf) By the time he was 50 he had begun to go deaf.
▪ be born deaf If the mother gets the disease, her baby may be born deaf.
▪ leave somebody deaf (=cause someone to become deaf) A blow on the head left him permanently deaf.
adverbs
▪ totally deaf (=completely deaf) He was totally deaf, and unable to walk.
▪ partially deaf (=partly deaf) Most children who are partially deaf can be taught in normal schools.
▪ stone deaf informal (=completely deaf) She must be stone deaf if she didn’t hear all that noise!
▪ profoundly deaf technical (=completely deaf) Many profoundly deaf children have great difficulty in learning to read.
phrases
▪ as deaf as a post informal (=completely deaf) He won’t hear you - he’s as deaf as a post.
▪ deaf in one ear The illness left her deaf in one ear.
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THESAURUS
▪ deaf adjective physically unable to hear anything, or unable to hear well: Deaf people use sign language to communicate.
▪ be hard of hearing to have difficulty hearing things, for example because you are old: You’ll have to speak up – she’s a bit hard of hearing. | subtitles for the hard of hearing
▪ hearing-impaired formal adjective having a permanent physical condition which makes it difficult for you to hear things: Not all hearing-impaired people are completely deaf.

deafhu

◎	[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
	〆	as deaf as an adder (a beetle, a stone, a doorpost)
		✓	điếc đặc, điếc lòi ra
	〆	there are none so deaf as those that will not hear
		✓	không có kẻ nào điếc hơn là kẻ không muốn nghe (lẽ phải...)