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。

youdao

In a station they are silent: there is no steam to produce noise to deafen the passengers.

在车站时它们很安静，因为没有蒸气发出噪音使乘客震耳欲聋。

youdao

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。

youdao

The songs I knew by heart penetrated me as I sat there trying to deafen myself.

NEWYORKER: Mr. Bones

But I prefer that to rigid values that blind and deafen, or individual visions that might not be as smart as the person offering them thinks (lunar base, anyone?).

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