| 单词 | stone-deaf |
| 例句 | They are pictures to the eye of the blind, heavenly music to the stone-deaf. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z "I am stone-deaf," she said, "but have learned to read what people are saying from the movement of their lips." The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z "Any time this club calls me I'm stone-deaf." Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He resembled Jemmy Quark in being almost stone-deaf, and had a further bond of union with the gardener of Balladhoo in being musical. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Though scarcely short of stone-deaf, he was musical. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z If she had been stone-deaf she could not have sat more perfectly still and unheeding. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Moreover, the wife of Schilder-David has been for some years almost stone-deaf. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. But the hunchback was not stone-deaf—at least when he cared to hear. The Tower of Dago Poor Miss Wolfe had died some years before, and had been stone-deaf at that! Old Friends and New Of course, Mr. Quirk, the schoolmaster, could read, but, as we have seen, he resembled Hommy-beg in being almost stone-deaf. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Then I remembered that my shouting was in vain, for she was stone-deaf. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Stone-blind, and stone-deaf, there he stood—yet had he, without help, walked up the steps of the scaffold. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The only servant in the building was stone-deaf, so it would be of little use ringing for him. The Tower of Dago He had the peculiar habit of accompanying every word with an explanatory movement of his hand, so that a stone-deaf person could have understood perfectly what he meant. Eyes Like the Sea It is quite possible to be stone-deaf outwardly and yet hear most beautiful sounds within the brain. Music: An Art and a Language Being stone-deaf, Cousin Amy Dawes took no part in conversation except what she herself could contribute. The Side Of The Angels A Novel If there be anything visible or audible hereabout, then are we stone-blind and stone-deaf. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) "The fellow is stone-deaf," said he; "let them negotiate with him!" The Tower of Dago The man with one leg—the stone-deaf man. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 I got a dreadful surprise on meeting the schoolmaster of a district in Jura: the unfortunate gentleman was stone-deaf, his auditory nerves being completely destroyed. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland He is stone-deaf, invariably, when he is told to come back. A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs For all the visible effect this speech had on the stranger he might as well have been stone-deaf, for he vouchsafed not the slightest notice. The Voyage of the Aurora He, who was formerly stone-deaf, had gone one day to see Schlatter at Omaha, and when the latter took his hand his deafness had completely disappeared. Modern Saints and Seers I’ve been stone-deaf ever sin’ I came to take care o’ this house five year ago. In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" The woman was either stone-deaf, or pretended to be so; but at all events she gave me no satisfaction, and I remounted and rode away. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 By the new improvements in the intensifier, it is expected to enable all, except the stone-deaf, to enjoy the phonograph, even when connected, as on railroad trains, with a common telephonic wire. With The Eyes Shut 1898 Not being, in fact, stone-deaf, Waldo found himself obliged to make some response. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book I believed him stone-deaf till, on roaring with all the power of my lungs, he answered "Yes." The Frozen Pirate Madness, stone-blind, stone-deaf—that uttered no cry, and poured out no tears. Agatha's Husband A Novel Among these there was a stone-deaf old man, who, whenever he was shouted at, used to sigh out resignedly, "Ah, it's no use your whispering!" Charles Dickens as a Reader Yet the habit remained, and thus all Mr. O'Connor's efforts to discredit his ambitious young assistant had so far fallen on ears stone-deaf and hermetically sealed. White Ashes She was stone-deaf, and in the manner of deaf people always shouted what she had to say. Swirling Waters And our translation has this merit, that some of our ultra-moderns will listen to the word 'psychology,' where they would be bat-blind to 'Characters' and stone-deaf to 'Sentiments.' Aspects of Literature Being stone-deaf," returned Feller, with a trace of drollery in his voice, "I hear very well—at times. The Last Shot She would, every few minutes, sink into a reverie, and appear to be stone-deaf. Aylwin An old aunt left her the money because she was stone-deaf. The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow There's nothing like bondage and a stone-deaf taskmaster for taming us women. Jude the Obscure Ah, that is music, if you like; but men and women are stone-deaf to it—their ears are in the way! Peter Ibbetson "Why didn't 'ee fasten up the chain?" he asked; but as he was almost stone-deaf he did not understand either their excuses or professions of gratitude, and simply motioned to them to enter. Monitress Merle Gloria's sensation as she stood as still as the wilderness all about her and stared out across the ridges was that of one who had suddenly and without warning gone stone-deaf. The Everlasting Whisper The woman was either stone-deaf or pretended to be so; but, at all events, she gave me no satisfaction, and I remounted and rode away. The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow O'Flynn put a question or two, but Nicholas had gone stone-deaf. The Magnetic North Suppose you were stone-deaf, there would be no such thing as sound to you. The Fairy-Land of Science The fawn of a maid hent her lute in hand * And her music made us right mettlesome: For her song gave hearing to ears stone-deaf, * While Brava! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 Suppose all the accessories were away, could not one swear that the man was stone-deaf, beyond the reach of trumpet? George Cruikshank As well might a man born stone-deaf estimate the power of sweet sounds, or he who knows not a square from a circle pronounce upon the study of mathematics. Robert Falconer He did not know what had occurred, and, being stone-deaf, had thought the rush aft a response to a call for all hands. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Dolph was shouting, too, but Jack and Chad seemed to have gone stone-deaf; and Rube, who had run down with the gun, started with an oath into the river himself, but Joel halted him. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come He's almost stone-deaf, poor fellow—almost stone-deaf now.' And Even Now Mrs. Munroe proved to be a nice, motherly sort of a person, who, as it need hardly be said, was stone-deaf. The Brick Moon and Other Stories As I was stone-deaf in the right ear I always slept on the left side. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont I noticed the stone-deaf man, the twisted oaf whose face I have described as being that of an ill-treated and feeble-minded faun. The Mutiny of the Elsinore It affected me as if a stone-deaf person had suddenly turned and joined in a whispered conversation. The New Machiavelli |
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