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deafen sb
及物用法，强调使某人失去听力。
The loud music deafened him temporarily.
巨大的音乐声暂时使他耳聋。
使聋；使失聪
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使聋；使失聪
make deaf
The loud music deafened him temporarily.
巨大的音乐声暂时使他耳聋。
使失聪,暂时或永久地
To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
使隔音
To make soundproof.
deafen
Base
原形
deafens
3rd person
第三人称单数
deafening
-ing
现在分词
deafened
Past
过去式
deafened
Past participle
过去分词
The noise deafens me.
噪音使我变聋。
The explosion deafened him.
爆炸使他变聋。
The music is deafening the audience.
音乐正在使观众变聋。
The sound has deafened her.
声音已经使她变聋。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The fire alarm was so loud that it nearly deafened the people in the hallway.
火警警报声太响，几乎震聋了走廊里的人。
The steady roar of the machinery deafens anyone who works there without ear protection.
机器持续的轰鸣声会震聋任何不带护耳器在那里工作的人。
The crowd's excited screams deafened the singer for a few seconds after the show.
人群兴奋的尖叫声让歌手在演出后几秒钟内听不见声音。
及物用法，强调使某人失去听力。
The loud music deafened him temporarily.
巨大的音乐声暂时使他耳聋。
被动结构，表示被某物震聋。
She was deafened by the explosion.
她被爆炸声震聋了。
及物用法，指使某物隔音。
They used special materials to deafen the walls.
他们用特殊材料给墙壁隔音。
Not this
The loud noise deaf me.
Use this
The loud noise deafened me.
动词deafen的过去式是deafened，而deaf是形容词，不能直接作谓语，应使用deafen的过去式表示'使聋'。
Not this
This music is very deafen.
Use this
This music is very deafening.
deafen是动词，在be动词后应使用其现在分词形式deafening作为形容词，表示'震耳欲聋的'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
被（巨响）震聋
She was deafened by the blast.
她被爆炸声震聋了。
震耳欲聋的噪音
The deafening noise from the construction site made it hard to talk.
建筑工地震耳欲聋的噪音让人很难交谈。
死寂；令人不安的沉默
His question was met with deafening silence.
他的问题换来一片死寂。
几乎把…震聋
The explosion nearly deafened me.
爆炸几乎把我震聋了。
震耳欲聋的沉默；意味深长的沉寂
There was a deafening silence after his question.
他提问后，一片死寂。
沉默震耳欲聋。
This widely quoted line appears in countless songs, films, and headlines as a dramatic way to say that a pause in conversation feels uncomfortably loud; people often use "deafening silence" to describe a tense moment.
这句广为引用的话出现在无数歌曲、电影和新闻标题中，用来戏剧化地表示谈话中的停顿令人难以忍受；人们常用“deafening silence”（震耳欲聋的沉默）形容紧张的时刻。
Use deafen naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
deafen由deaf（聋的）+动词后缀-en（使…）组成，联想“使…变聋”，如震耳欲聋的响声让人deafen。
语域：mixed 常见场景：hearing loss and injuries、extreme noise、sound insulation 该词属中性书面动词，具体语体随义项而变化：表示“使聋/变聋”时多用于医学或事故叙述；表示“震耳欲聋”时日常和文学中都可见，但更常用形容词 deafening；表示“使隔音”时多用于建筑或声学技术领域。整体不用于口语高频表达。
没有常见单词与 deafen /ˈdɛfən/ 完全押韵。heaven /ˈhɛvən/ 和 leaven /ˈlɛvən/ 彼此押韵，但它们用 /v/；seven /ˈsɛvən/ 也用 /v/；often /ˈɔːfən/ 用 /ɔː/ 而不是 /ɛ/。注意 leaf /liːf/ 的 ea 读 /iː/，而 deafen 的 ea 读 /ɛ/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.