喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can think of deaf as the sound arriving but not getting through: the words are spoken, the bell rings, the air moves — and none of it reaches the person. Most uses of the word grow from that one gap between a sound being made and a sound being received.

可以想成聲音送到了，但沒有進去：鈴響了、話說出口了、空氣確實動了，可是這些都沒有抵達那個人。deaf 的各種用法幾乎…更多收起可以想成聲音送到了，但沒有進去：鈴響了、話說出口了、空氣確實動了，可是這些都沒有抵達那個人。deaf 的各種用法幾乎都從這個「有聲音、卻沒有接收到」的缺口長出來——有時候是耳朵真的接不到，有時候是人自己把門關上。

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Deafadj/dɛf/

  • 1

    Of or relating to the culture surrounding deaf users of sign languages.

    • Today, sign languages are the means of communication and interaction in Deaf communities around the world and have been shown to contain all the linguistic complexities and potentials of spoken languages (Stokoe, 1960/2005).
    • There are Deaf clubs in many cities, but the clubs are just a part of the larger community of Deaf people.

deafadj/dɛf/

  • 1

    Unable (or partially able) to hear.

    • My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.
    • It's important for TV shows to provide closed captioning for the deaf.
  • 2

    Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.

    • Those people are deaf to reason.
    • O, that men's ears should be / To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
  • 3

    Of or relating to the community of deaf people.

    • The best place to fight Hollywood deafism is in our deaf schools. If we give our children understanding and appreciation of our rich culture and sign language, the students will gain a deaf heritage and become more creative, more aware, and more assertive global deaf citizens.
  • 4

    obsoleteObscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

    • A deaf murmur through the squadron went.
  • 5

    obsoletedialectalDecayed; tasteless; useless.

    • a deaf nut; deaf corn
    • If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deafe, void, light, and naught.

deafnoun/dɛf/

  • 1

    rareA deaf person.

    • Among the second group of philanthropic educational institutions the institutes for the deafs and dumbs must be mentioned.
    • Negotiations for South Vietnam's political future and the enforcement of cease-fire between two sides progressed like a conversation between two deafs.

deafverb/dɛf/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo deafen.

    • It is enough, my hearing shall be punish'd With what shall happen, -- 'gainst the which there is No deafing -- but to hear, not taint mine eye With dread sights that it may shun.
    • Svvift as a VVhirl-vvind to the Nurſe he flyes; / And deafs his ſtormy Subjects vvith his cries.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。