(1) 聾的(unable to hear either completely or to some extent)：be～in/of one ear 一只耳朵聾;go～耳聾;be born～(be～since birth) 生來耳聾;a～old man 耳聾的老人;D～people (The～) find social life difficult. 聾人感到社會(huì)交往很困難。
(2) 不愿聽的，充耳不聞的，裝聾的(unwilling to listen to or pay attention to) [A(to)][作pred]：be/remain～to sb's advice/sb's requests/sb's entreaties/sb's appeals/sb's protests/sb's arguments/sb's complaints/sb's prayers 對(duì)某人的建議/要求/懇求/呼吁/抗議/辯白/抱怨/祈禱充耳不聞(置之不理);
turn a deaf ear to 對(duì)……充耳不聞(置之不理)：He turned a～ear to my excuse. 他對(duì)我的辯解充耳不聞。
fall on deaf ears 不被理睬：Appeals to higher authorities fell on～ears. 向上級(jí)當(dāng)局的申訴沒有被理睬。
→′deafness n 耳聾;′deafen vt 使耳聾;′deafening adj 震耳欲聾的;′deafeningly adv 震耳欲聾地;′deaf-aid n 助聽器;?deaf-and-′dumb adj 聾啞的;?deaf-′mute adj 聾啞的;n 聾啞人;
【用法】過去分詞deafened也表示“聾的”，但僅用于有明顯原因時(shí)，否則用形容詞deaf。