ear
n. 耳(朵); 辨音力; 傾聽; (穀類的)穗
Your ears are the two parts of your body, one on each side of your head, with which you hear sounds.
He whispered something in her ear...
他在她耳邊低聲說了些什麼。
I'm having my ears pierced.
我打算穿耳洞。
If you have an ear for music or language, you are able to hear its sounds accurately and to interpret them or reproduce them well.
Moby certainly has a fine ear for a tune...
莫比無疑具有很好的樂感。
An ear for foreign languages is advantageous.
能夠聽懂外語是種優勢。
Ear is often used to refer to people's willingness to listen to what someone is saying.
What would cause the masses to give him a far more sympathetic ear?...
怎樣才能使民眾以更加體諒的心態傾聽他的話呢?
They had shut their eyes and ears to everything.
他們對一切都視而不見,充耳不聞。
The ears of a cereal plant such as wheat or barley are the parts at the top of the stem, which contain the seeds or grains.
If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen
If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this.
He was fed up with people bending his ear about staying on at school.
人們一個勁兒地跟他說要繼續留在學校唸書,這讓他煩透了。
If someone boxes a child's ears, they hit them on the side of their head as a punishment.
If a request falls on deaf ears or if the person to whom the request is made turns a deaf ear to it, they take no notice of it.
I hope that our appeals will not fall on deaf ears...
我希望我們的呼籲不會沒人理睬。
He has turned a resolutely deaf ear to American demands for action.
他對美國提出的行動要求完全不理不睬。
If you keep or have your ear to the ground, you make sure that you find out about the things that people are doing or saying.
Jobs in manufacturing are relatively scarce but I keep my ear to the ground.
製造業的就業機會相對很少,但是我時刻留意著資訊。
If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.
They are always willing to lend an ear and offer what advice they can.
他們總是願意認真傾聽並儘量提出建議。
If you say that something goes in one ear and out the other, you mean that someone pays no attention to it, or forgets about it immediately.
That rubbish goes in one ear and out the other.
那種廢話都是左耳進,右耳出。
If someone says that you will be out on your ear, they mean that you will be forced to leave a job, an organization or a place suddenly.
We never objected. We'd have been out on our ears looking for another job if we had.
我們從未反對過,如果我們真的反對,早就被掃地出門,另謀高就了。
If you play by ear or play a piece of music by ear, you play music by relying on your memory rather than by reading printed music.
Neil played, by ear, the music he'd heard his older sister practicing.
尼爾憑著記憶彈奏他曾聽到姐姐練習時彈的曲子。
If you play it by ear, you decide what to say or do in a situation by responding to events rather than by following a plan which you have decided on in advance.
If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.
'Why don't you come with me?' — 'I can't. I'm up to my ears in reports.'...
“怎麼不跟我一起來呀?”——“不行,我忙著寫報告呢。”
He was desperate. He was in debt up to his ears.
他負債累累,走投無路。
1. the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
2. good hearing;
3. the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
4. attention to what is said;
5. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
be all ears
(非正式)全神貫注地聽,洗耳恭聽
bring something (down) about one's ears
使某事(尤指不幸)發生在自己身上
one's ears are burning
(因被人談論或批評而)耳朵在發熱
grin (或 smile) from ear to ear
咧著嘴笑
have something coming out of one's ears
(非正式)擁有許多(或過多)
have someone's ear
在某人那兒能說上話,能接近並影響某人
have (或 keep) an ear to the ground
十分了解事態的進展,保持敏銳
in (at) one ear and out (at) the other
左耳進右耳出
listen with half an ear
心不在焉地聽,似聽非聽
be out on one's ear
(非正式)不光彩地被打發走(或被解僱)
up to one's ears in
(非正式)忙於;深深捲入,深陷
all ears【非正式用語】
聚精會神地聽
give an ear 或 lend an ear
傾聽:注意;仔細地聽
have an ear to the ground 或 keep an ear to the ground
敏銳,精明:注意新動向或資訊
The pop songs she sings are very pleasant to the ear.
她唱的流行歌曲很悅耳.
His insult really put me on my ear.
他的侮辱確實使我惱火.
I got the minister on the ear with a potato.
我用土豆打中了部長的耳朵.
Faithful [ Frank ; Honest ] words offend the ear but are good for improving one's conduct.
忠言逆耳利於行.
A hard blow on the ear deafened him for life.
耳朵上挨的一記猛擊使他耳聾了一輩子.