deafen

verb

1. 使震得耳朵发聋
   to make sb unable to hear the sounds around them because there is too much noise
   1. The noise of the siren was deafening her.
      汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
2. 使聋；使听不见
   to make sb deaf

1. VERB 震（或吵）得…听不见其他声音
   If a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else at the same time.
   1. The noise of the typewriters deafened her.
      打字机的噪声吵得她什么都听不见。
2. VERB 使聋;使听不见
   If you are deafened by something, you are made deaf by it, or are unable to hear for some time.
   1. He was deafened by the noise from the gun.
      他被枪声震聋了。
3. See also: deafening

1. The noise of the typewriters deafened her.
   打字机的噪声吵得她什么都听不见。
2. He was deafened by the noise from the gun.
   他被枪声震聋了。
3. This noise will deafen us all.
   这嘈杂声会把我们震聋。
4. Did he deafen you?
   他让你变聋了吗？
5. The storm culminated in one matchless effort that seemed likely to tear the island to pieces, burn it up, drown it to the tree-tops, blow it away, and deafen every creature in it, all at one and the same moment.
   最后的这一阵暴风雨更是威力无比，似乎要在片刻之间，把这个小岛撕成碎片，烧成灰烬，淹没树顶，再把它吹个无影无踪，要把岛上的生灵都震昏震聋。
6. Soon it is loud enough to deafen those in the towers, who cover their ears.
   不一会儿，它响得足以震聋塔上的众人，他们正捂着耳朵。
7. A device/ weapon which can actually deafen the target.
   一个装置/器，它能实际上使得目标对象变聋。
8. She was somewhat aroused by it, knotted her hair upon her ears in order to deafen herself, and resumed her contemplation, on her knees, of the inanimate object which she had adored for fifteen years.
   她有些受惊了，便用头发把耳朵遮住不去听，一面走过去跪着看她供奉了十五年的那个没有生命的东西。

verb

1. make soundproof
   1. deafen a room

2. make or render deaf
   1. a deafening noise

   Synonym:    deaf

3. be unbearably loud
   1. a deafening noise