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deafening + noun
作定语，修饰名词，强调声音大到难以承受。
The crowd let out a deafening roar.
人群发出了震耳欲聋的吼声。
震耳欲聋的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
震耳欲聋的
loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
The crowd let out a deafening roar.
人群发出了震耳欲聋的吼声。
响得足以导致暂时或永久性听力损失。
Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
The sound of the fireworks was deafening in the narrow street.
烟花的声音在狭窄的街道上震耳欲聋。
We had to shout over the deafening noise of the construction site.
我们不得不大声喊叫，才能盖过建筑工地震耳欲聋的噪音。
The cheering in the stadium was so deafening that I could not hear my phone.
体育场里的欢呼声震耳欲聋，我连手机响都听不见。
作定语，修饰名词，强调声音大到难以承受。
The crowd let out a deafening roar.
人群发出了震耳欲聋的吼声。
作表语，描述主语的特征。也可与 silence 搭配，表示令人不安的寂静。
The music at the concert was deafening.
音乐会上的音乐震耳欲聋。
Not this
The music was deafening loud.
Use this
The music was deafeningly loud.
deafening 是形容词，不能用来修饰另一个形容词 loud；修饰形容词或动词要用副词 deafeningly（震耳欲聋地）。
Not this
The noise was deaf.
Use this
The noise was deafening.
deaf 意为“失聪的”，用于人/动物；deafening 意为“震耳欲聋的”，用于形容声音。表示“噪音震耳欲聋”应用 deafening。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
震耳欲聋的噪音
The engine made a deafening noise when I started it.
我一启动引擎，它就发出震耳欲聋的噪音。
死一般的寂静
His question was met with deafening silence.
他的提问换来一片死寂。
震耳欲聋的轰鸣声
We could hear the deafening roar of the waterfall from the trail.
我们在小路上就能听到瀑布震耳欲聋的轰鸣声。
震耳欲聋的音乐
The club was playing deafening music.
俱乐部里放着震耳欲聋的音乐。
震耳欲聋的掌声
The singer walked off to deafening applause.
歌手在震耳欲聋的掌声中走下台。
震耳欲聋的爆炸声
A deafening blast shook the whole building.
一声震耳欲聋的爆炸震动了整栋大楼。
震耳欲聋的沉默
After he told the joke, there was a deafening silence.
他讲完笑话后，现场一片沉默震耳欲聋。
（常用语）静得震耳欲聋。
After the announcement, the silence in the room was deafening.
宣布之后，房间里的寂静震耳欲聋。
Use deafening naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
deaf是“聋的”，deafening就是“大到让人聋”，联想“震耳欲聋”这个词。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing extremely loud sounds、figurative use such as 'a deafening silence' deafening 通常用于形容音量极大、几乎令人暂时失聪的声音；也可用于比喻，如 a deafening silence（一片死寂）。多用于书面描写和新闻报道，在日常口语中也自然，整体属于中性的标准说法。
No common words rhyme exactly with deafening /ˈdɛfənɪŋ/. Spelling lookalikes ending in -ening have different stressed vowels or consonants: happening /ˈhæpənɪŋ/ has /æ/, opening /ˈoʊpənɪŋ/ has /oʊ/, fastening /ˈfæsənɪŋ/ has /æ/, strengthening /ˈstrɛŋθənɪŋ/ has /ɛ/ followed by /ŋθ/, threatening /ˈθrɛtənɪŋ/ has /ɛ/ but /t/ before /ənɪŋ/, and deepening /ˈdiːpənɪŋ/ has /iːp/ instead of /ɛf/. Pay special attention to deepening, which looks similar to deafening but is pronounced very differently.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.