ear
n
1 [C] organ of hearing; its outer part 耳, 耳朵; 外耳
The doctor looked into my ears. 醫(yī)生檢查我的耳朵.
Rabbits have large ears. 兔子的耳朵很長.
[attrib 作定語]
She's got an `ear infection. 她耳朵感染了. =>illus 見插圖.
2 [sing] an ~ (for sth) sense of hearing; ability to discriminate sounds, esp in music and language 聽覺; (尤指音樂和語言中的)辨音力, 聽力
She has a good ear for languages. 她學(xué)語言的聽力很好.
3 (idm 習(xí)語) (be) all `ears (infml 口) listening attentively 傾聽
Tell me your news; I'm all ears. 把你的新鮮事告訴我, 我洗耳恭聽. box sb's ears => box2. sth comes to/reaches sb's `ears sb finds out about sth, eg news or gossip 某事物(如消息或閑話)傳到某人耳朵里
If this news ever reaches her ears, she'll be furious. 這個消息萬一傳到她的耳朵里, 她一定得大發(fā)雷霆. din in one's ears => din v. sb's `ears are burning sb suspects that he is being talked about, esp in an unkind way 某人耳朵發(fā)燒(懷疑遭人議論, 尤指說壞話)
All this gossip about Sarah her ears must be burning! 都在說薩拉的閑話--她耳朵一定發(fā)燒了! easy on the ear/eye => easy1. fall on deaf ears => deaf. feel one's ears burning => feel1. give sb/get a thick ear => thick. go in (at) `one ear and out (at) the `other be heard but either ignored or quickly forgotten 一耳進一耳出; 左耳進右耳出; 當(dāng)作耳邊風(fēng)
You've forgotten to buy the eggs! It (ie What I tell you) goes in one ear and out the other. 你忘記買雞蛋了! 把我跟你說的話當(dāng)成耳旁風(fēng)了. have, get, win, etc sb's `ear have or get sb's favourable attention 獲得某人的好感; 受到某人的重視. have/keep an/one's ear to the `ground be aware of all that is happening and being said 注意周圍的動靜
Peter'll know; he always keeps an ear to the ground. 彼得會知道的, 他耳聽八方. have a word in sb's ear => ordword. keep one's ears/eyes open => open1. lend an ear => lend. make a pig's ear of sth => pig. meet the ear/eye => meet1. music to one's ears => music. not believe one's ears/eyes => believe. (be) out on one's `ear suddenly expelled, dismissed, etc 突遭驅(qū)逐、 開除、 解雇等. play (sth) by `ear play (music) by remembering how it sounds, ie without seeing a printed form 憑記憶演奏(樂曲)(即不看樂譜). play it by `ear (infml 口) act without preparation according to the demands of a situation; improvise 事前無準(zhǔn)備而根據(jù)情況采取行動; 臨時現(xiàn)做
I've had no time to prepare for this meeting, so I'll have to play it by ear. 我沒有時間準(zhǔn)備這次會議, 所以只好有什麼談什麼. prick up one's ears => prick2. shut one's ears to sth/sb => shut. smile, etc from ear to `ear smile, etc broadly, showing that one is very pleased or happy 眉開眼笑. turn a deaf ear => deaf. (be) up to one's ears/eyes in sth very busy with or overwhelmed by sth 忙得不可開交; 深陷於某事物中
I'm up to my ears in work at the moment. 我現(xiàn)在工作忙極了. walls have ears => wall. with a flea in one's ear => flea. wet behind the ears => wet. with half an `ear not very attentively 不很注意地
I was only listening to the radio with half an ear, while preparing some food. 我正在做吃的, 沒太留心聽收音機.
ear n seed-bearing part of a cereal, eg wheat, barley, etc (麥子的)穗. =>illus at cereal 見cereal之插圖.
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一 耳”(諧音)
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*[i?]n. 耳朵, 傾聽, 聽覺, 穗vi. 抽穗【醫(yī)】 耳相關(guān)詞組: bend sb's ear be on one's ear get sb on his ear give ear to... have an ear for... have no ear for... talk sb's ear off turn a deaf ear to... out on one's ear play it by ear