deafen

1. V-T If a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else at the same time. 使…震聾

The noise of the typewriters deafened her. 打字機(jī)的噪音震得她都要聾了。

2. V-T If you are deafened by something, you are made deaf by it, or are unable to hear for some time. 使聾[usu passive]

He was deafened by the noise from the gun. 槍聲把他震聾了。

3. →see also deafening