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BNC: 1599 COCA: 1337

ear

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Related topics: Human, Crops, Music
ear /ɪə $ ɪr/ ●●● S2 W2 noun
1  face.jpg part of your body 身體部位 [countableC]HBHHBA one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with 耳，耳朵
She tucked her hair behind her ears.
她把頭發攏到耳朵背後。
long-eared/short-eared etc
a long-eared rabbit
長耳兔
2  grain 谷物 [countableC]TAC the top part of a plant such as wheat that produces grain 穗
ear of
an ear of corn
玉米穗
3  smile/grin etc from ear to ear SMILEto show that you are very happy or pleased by smiling a lot 咧着嘴笑，眉開眼笑
She came out of his office, beaming from ear to ear.
她走出他的辦公室，笑得合不攏嘴。
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smile/grin etc from ear to ear• Father smiled from ear to ear, and he and I both ate like fiends.• Standing at the kitchen counter, shuffling his feet to the music, he caught himself smiling from ear to ear.• Randolph, smiling from ear to ear, quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory.• He was grinning from ear to ear and pointing his finger up to the flies.
4  reach somebody’s ears if something reaches someone’s ears, they hear about it or find out about it 傳到某人耳朵裏
The news eventually reached the ears of the king.
消息最終傳到了國王耳朵裏。
5  to somebody’s ears used when saying how something sounds to someone 在某人聽來
It sounds odd to the ears of an ordinary English speaker.
這在一般說英語的人聽來怪怪的。
6  APM[singular] the ability to learn music, copy sounds etc 〔學習音樂、模仿聲音等的〕聽力；辨音能力
ear for
She has no ear for languages at all.
她對學習語言一點也不在行。
a good ear for dialogue
善於傾聽
7  a sympathetic ear LISTENused to say that someone listens sympathetically to what someone is saying 同情地傾聽
He’s always prepared to lend a sympathetic ear.
他總是願意傾聽别人的心聲。
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lend a sympathetic ear• He finds time for them, always being prepared to lend a sympathetic ear or give some friendly confidential advice.
8  close/shut your ears to something LISTENto refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news 拒聽壞消息[令人討厭的消息]
You can’t just close your ears to their warnings.
你可不能對他們的警告置之不理。
→ turn a deaf ear at deaf(4), → fall on deaf ears at deaf(5)
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close/shut your ears to something• At first, I closed my ears to what I did not want to hear.• She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.• Don't close your ears to the world and don't give up.• Sometimes she even managed to shut her ears to the arguments going on around her.• Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room.• He tried to close his ears to the plea.• Rincewind tried to shut his ears to the grating voice beside him.• She wanted to close her ears to it.
9  be all ears informalINTERESTED to be very keen to hear what someone is going to tell you 全神貫注地聽，洗耳恭聽
As soon as I mentioned money, Karen was all ears.
我一提到錢，卡倫馬上就豎起了耳朵。
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be all ears• Go ahead, I'm all ears.• Tell me exactly what happened. I'm all ears.• Everyone was all ears as soon as I mentioned a cash prize.
10  be out on your ear informalLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION to be forced to leave a job, organization etc, especially because you have done something wrong 〔尤指因犯錯〕被迫離職[退出某組織]
You’d better start working harder, or you’ll be out on your ear.
你最好開始加把勁，否則將被開除。
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be out on your ear• He, of course, will be out on his ear.• Not at all: King went too far and was out on his ear in an overnight boardroom coup in 1968.• She was no more secure than she'd ever been - one mistake, and she'd be out on her ear!• If you keep taking two-hour lunches, you'll be out on your ear.
11. be up to your ears in work/debt/problems etc PROBLEMto have a lot of work etc 工作/債務/問題等很多
12  have something coming out (of) your ears informal to have too much of something 某物太多了
We’ve got pumpkins coming out our ears this time of year.
今年這段時間我們南瓜吃得太多了。
13. keep your/an ear to the ground FIND OUTto make sure that you always know what is happening in a situation 保持關注〔以確保知曉某事態的發展動向〕
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keep your/an ear to the ground• I haven't heard any more news, but I'll keep my ear to the ground.
14  keep your ears open to always be listening in order to find out what is happening or to hear some useful information 時刻注意〔在發生的事或有用的信息〕
I hope you’ll all keep your eyes and ears open for anything unusual.
希望你們大家都能密切注意任何不尋常的事情。
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keep your ears open• All of you - walk around Pentonville and keep your ears open.• They had a kid copper keeping his ears open.
15  go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other informalFORGET if information goes in one ear and out the other, you forget it as soon as you have heard it 左耳進，右耳出
I don’t know why I tell her anything. It just goes in one ear and out the other.
我幹嗎要告訴她呢，反正我的話她也只是當作耳邊風。
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go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other• It goes in one ear and out the other.
16  give somebody a thick ear British EnglishBrE informalHIT to hit someone on the ear 打耳光
Behave yourself or I’ll give you a thick ear!
規矩點，要不我抽你了！
17  have somebody’s ear TRUSTto be trusted by someone so that they will listen to your advice, opinions etc 獲得某人信任，忠告[意見等]被某人接納
He claimed to have the ear of several top ministers.
他聲稱自己在幾位高級部長面前說話管用。
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have somebody’s ear• He used to boast to his friends that he often had the President's ear.
18. play something by ear PLANto play music that you have heard without having to read written music 不看樂譜演奏樂曲 → see also play it by ear at play1(11)
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play something by ear• He heard jazz records at home when very young and played piano by ear.• So each played it by ear, with resulting policy shifts that often appeared to be not only sudden but incomprehensible.• At 2, he played the piano by ear.• As he has no political party that can provide him with practical support, he is forced to play it by ear.• But the government is having to play it by ear.• Well, she would play it by ear.
19. somebody’s ears are burning DISCUSSused to say that someone thinks that people are talking about them 某人耳朵在發燙〔用於表示感到有人在背後議論自己〕
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somebody’s ears are burning• I bet your ears were burning - Tom and I were just talking about you.• My ears are burning in the cold, but there's nothing I can do about it.
20. somebody’s ears are flapping British EnglishBrE spokenLISTEN used to say that someone is trying to listen to your private conversation 某人在設法偷聽
→ dog-eared, → bend somebody’s ear at bend1(7), → send somebody off with a flea in their ear at flea(2), → make a pig’s ear of at pig1(5), → prick (up) your ears at prick1(5), → wet behind the ears at wet1(7)
 COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
big 大的
African elephants’ ears are bigger than those of Indian elephants.
非洲象的耳朵比印度象的大。
floppy (=soft and hanging down loosely, rather than being stiff) 耷拉的，鬆軟下垂的
a rabbit with big floppy ears
一只耷拉着大耳朵的兔子
pointy/pointed 尖的
The dog has short pointy ears.
那狗的耳朵又短又尖。
npierced (=with a hole in the skin where an earring can be put)
Her new boyfriend’s got long hair and pierced ears.
somebody’s left/right ear 某人的左/右耳
She is deaf in her right ear.
她右耳聾了。
inner/middle ear (=the parts inside your ear, which you use to hear sounds) 内/中耳
I’ve got an infection in my middle ear.
我中耳感染了。
verbs
say/whisper something into somebody’s ear 在某人耳邊說/輕聲說
He whispered something into his wife’s ear.
他在妻子耳邊輕聲說了幾句。
have your ears pierced (=have a hole put into the skin, so that you can wear an earring) 紮耳洞
nI had my ears pierced when I was quite young.
somebody’s ears stick out (=they are noticeable because they do not lie flat against someone’s head) 某人長着招風耳
nIf my hair is too short, you can see that my ears stick out.
somebody’s ears pop (=the pressure in them changes suddenly, for example when you go up or down quickly in a plane) 某人突然耳脹〔如飛機快速上升或下降時〕
nMy ears finally popped when the plane landed.
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ear• Well, she would play it by ear.• Pick up a few ears of corn for dinner tonight.• Gone her neat bun; her hair hung loose, tucked behind her ears.• The silence seemed to swell in her ears.• Simultaneously his ears unblocked and the world again became audible.• And then the day after we got our record contract, I went to Selfridges and had both my ears pierced.• And you never meant it for my ears, that's sure.• Stop shouting in my ear!• Shrugging the collar higher around tingling ears he thought of Carrie.
long-eared/short-eared etc• A medium-sized brown owl, the only one with long ear tufts, noticeably longer than Short-eared Owl's.
good ear• He had a good ear for language, and was a talented scholar, translator, and lyric poet.• She has tinnitus and he has one good ear, one bad.• I developed a pretty good ear, although I started out as a complete idiot.• Good public relations operators are not all mouth; they are also very good ears.
Origin ear
1. Old English eare
2. Old English ear
BNC: 1599 COCA: 1337
ear

noun¹

 1part of the body身體器官ADJECTIVE | VERB + EAR | EAR + VERB | EAR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤left, right左耳；右耳▸➤inner, middle內耳；中耳➤external, outer外耳▸➤big, large大耳朵▸➤long長耳朵◇a rabbit with long floppy ears耷拉着長耳朵的兔子➤pointed, pointy尖耳朵▸➤floppy下垂的耳朵➤pierced打了耳洞的耳朵▸➤torn被撕裂的耳朵◇Blood from his torn ear was soaking his collar.他被撕裂的耳朵流出的血浸濕了衣領。➤listening偷聽的耳朵◇In the silence everyone seemed to be aware of listening ears.在寂靜中，大家似乎都覺得有人在偷聽。➤sensitive敏銳的耳朵◇Blackbirds have such sensitive ears that they can hear a worm moving beneath soil three feet away.烏鶇的耳朵非常敏銳，連三英尺之外地下有蟲子蠕動都能聽得到。➤human人耳◇Dogs can hear things that human ears can't hear.狗能聽到人耳聽不到的聲音。➤attentive, open, receptive, sympathetic願意傾聽的人◇Even if my fears were silly, he always had an open ear.即使我的擔心挺傻的，他也總是願意傾聽。◇She did not like the plan, as she made clear every time she found a receptive ear (= sb willing to listen).她不喜歡這個方案，每當有人願意聽她講時，她都要說明這一點。◇She always provided a sympathetic ear for students with problems.她總是同情地聽取遇到問題的學生的傾訴。➤modern現代人的耳朵◇Some of the words used in 18th-century writing sound strange to modern ears.18 世紀作品中使用的某些詞彙，現代人聽起來會覺得有點兒奇怪。➤Western西方人的耳朵◇Chinese music uses a scale that is unfamiliar to Western ears.中國音樂使用的音階，西方人聽起來有點兒陌生。VERB + EAR➤plug, stop塞住耳朵；捂住耳朵◇He plugged his ears to drown out the music.他塞住耳朵以免受音樂幹擾。◇At first I stopped my ears to what I did not want to hear.起初我對不想聽的話捂住耳朵不聽。➤block, close, cover, shut充耳不聞；置之不理◇The music was so loud I had to cover my ears.音樂聲太響，我不得不用手捂住耳朵。➤strain伸長耳朵◇I strained my ears to catch the conversation in the other room.我豎起耳朵仔細聽另一個房間裏的談話。➤cock, prick up豎起耳朵◇The dog pricked up its ears.狗豎起了耳朵。➤flatten, lay back, pin back, put back使耳朵平貼；使耳朵向後斜◇A horse may show annoyance by putting its ears back.馬會向後斜耳朵以表示惱怒。➤flick, twitch抖動／抽動耳朵◇The horse lifted its head and flicked its ears.馬擡起頭，抖了抖耳朵。➤nibble, nibble on, nuzzle輕咬耳朵；用鼻子輕蹭耳朵◇She nibbled on his ear.她輕輕地咬他的耳朵。➤pierce穿耳孔◇I've just had my ears pierced.我剛穿了耳洞。➤clean, clean out, syringe (BrE) 清理耳朵；用注射器清洗耳朵◇He could hear much better after having his ears cleaned out.清洗過耳朵之後，他聽得清楚多了。➤echo in, pound in, ring in在耳邊回響◇The voices buzzing all around echoed in her ears.周圍嗡嗡的說話聲一直在她耳邊回響。◇My heart was pounding in my ears.我能聽到自己的心在怦怦地跳。◇He went home with the teacher's warning ringing in his ears.回家的路上，老師的警告一直在他耳邊縈繞。➤fill, flood灌滿耳朵◇The sound of the blast filled my ears.爆炸聲震得我耳朵嗡嗡直響。➤assault, greet, hit, meet, strike襲向耳朵；衝擊耳朵；撞擊耳朵◇A blast of punk rock music assaulted her ears.突然迸發的一陣朋克搖滾樂衝擊着她的耳朵。➤reach傳到耳朵裏◇If news of the break-in reaches the boss's ears, we're in trouble.如果非法入室的事情傳到老闆的耳朵裏，我們就麻煩了。➤hurt耳朵疼◇The music was so loud that it hurt my ears.音樂聲太響，震得我耳朵疼。 ➤hiss in, whisper (sth) in在耳邊發出噝噝聲／竊竊私語➤shout in, yell in衝着耳朵大吼➤press把耳朵貼向◇He pressed his ear to the door, but heard nothing.他把耳朵貼到門上，但是什麼也聽不到。EAR + VERB➤catch sth, detect sth, hear sth, pick sth up耳朵捕捉到⋯／辨別出⋯／聽到⋯／聽出⋯◇When the notes are played so close together the ear hears no space between them.演奏得很緊湊時，聽不出音符之間的間隔。➤prick, prick up, twitch耳朵豎起來；耳朵抽動了一下◇His ears pricked up when he heard his name mentioned.聽到自己的名字時，他的耳朵豎了起來。➤tell sb sth耳朵聽出名堂◇She couldn't see, but her ears told her that the guards had arrived.她雖然看不見，但是能聽得出衞兵已經到了。➤be alert, listen耳朵提高警覺；耳朵聽◇He waited in the darkness, his ears alert for the slightest sound.他在黑暗中等着，警醒地聆聽着最細微的聲音。◇Her ears listened expectantly.她滿懷期待地聽着。➤strain耳朵伸長◇She stood outside the room, her ears straining to hear what they were saying.她站在房間外豎起耳朵聽他們在說什麼。➤pop耳朵脹痛◇If you swallow as the plane takes off, it stops your ears from popping.在飛機起飛時做吞咽的動作可以防止耳朵脹痛。➤ring耳鳴◇The explosion set my ears ringing.爆炸震得我耳朵嗡嗡直響。➤ache, hurt, pound耳痛➤redden耳朵變紅◇Christopher felt his ears reddening.克裏斯托弗覺得他的耳朵在發熱。➤stick out耳朵凸出◇He has really big ears that stick out.他有一對大招風耳。EAR + NOUN➤canal, drum, lobe耳道；鼓膜；耳垂▸➤infection, problem耳朵感染；耳疾▸➤wax (usually earwax) 耳垢➤drops耳朵滴劑▸➤plug (usually earplug) , protector耳塞；耳朵保護裝置➤protection護耳▸➤flap, muffs (usually earmuffs) （帽上可放下護耳禦寒的）帽耳；耳套◇She put on her earmuffs and went out into the snow.她戴上耳套頂着風雪出去了。◇a big hat with ear flaps有帽耳的大帽子➤buds, phones, piece, set (usually earbuds, earphones, etc.) 耳機；耳塞◇I love my portable music player, but I hate earbuds.我喜歡我的便攜式音樂播放器，但討厭耳塞。➤tag耳置標籤◇Each animal receives an individual ear tag.每隻動物都有一個單獨的耳標。➤piercing耳孔◇He had three ear piercings.他穿了三個耳朵眼。➤cuff全耳式耳夾  ➡ see also earring PREPOSITION➤in your ear在耳邊◇'Taxi?' said a voice in my ear.“坐出租車嗎？”我耳邊響起了一個聲音。PHRASES➤be all ears全神貫注地聽◇Come on, tell me, I'm all ears (= I want to hear).快告訴我吧，我想聽。➤beam, grin, smile, etc. from ear to ear咧嘴笑◇He was beaming from ear to ear.他笑得合不攏嘴。➤bend sb's ear (= talk a lot to someone about something) 對着某人的耳朵說個沒完◇She bent my ear about it for three days.就這件事，她對着我嘮叨了三天。➤can't believe your ears不能相信自己的耳朵◇She actually apologized. I couldn't believe my ears!她居然道歉了，我真不敢相信自己的耳朵！➤catch sb's ear引起某人的注意◇A small noise caught his ear.一個很小的聲音引起了他的注意。➤clap, hold, put, etc. your hands over your ears捂住耳朵◇She put her hands over her ears to block out what he was saying.她用手捂住耳朵，不聽他說的話。➤(have) a word in sb's ear (especially BrE) 悄悄地和某人說◇Have a quiet word in her ear about it before it's too late.悄悄把事情告訴她，不然就太晚了。➤sb's ears are burning (= a person thinks that someone is talking about them) 某人的耳朵發熱（認為有人在議論自己）◇'We were talking about you last night.' 'I thought my ears were burning.'“我們昨晚在談論你。”“我說怎麼老覺得自己的耳朵發熱呢。”➤fall on deaf ears（所說的話）被別人忽視◇Their complaints about the poor service fell on deaf ears (= were ignored).他們投訴服務太差，卻沒有人回應。➤for sb's ears alone只說給某人聽◇I have a few words for your ears alone.我有幾句話只說給你聽。➤keep an ear open, keep your ears open留心聽；密切注意◇I'll keep my eyes and ears open for a second-hand bike for you.我會為你留心哪兒有二手自行車的。➤lend an ear (= listen to what someone is saying) 傾聽◇He was always willing to lend an ear.他總是樂於傾聽。➤music to sb's ears某人覺得悅耳的音樂◇He arrived home hungry, and the noise from the kitchen was music to his ears.他餓着肚子到了家，廚房裏的聲音對他來說就像悅耳的音樂。➤go in one ear and out the other一個耳朵進，一個耳朵出◇I knew that my words were going in one ear and out the other (= the person wasn't listening to what I was saying).我知道他把我說的都當耳邊風。➤have sb's ear跟某人說得上話◇This was the woman who had the ear of the President (= was trusted by him / her).這就是那個能跟總統說得上話的女人。➤talk sb's ear off喋喋不休說得人煩◇I'm sorry for talking your ear off (= talking a lot).我很抱歉，沒完沒了地跟你嘮叨了半天。➤turn a deaf ear to sth對⋯充耳不聞◇The teacher turned a deaf ear to the boy's requests (= ignored them).老師對這個男孩的請求充耳不聞。➤with half an ear不很注意聽◇He listened to her with only half an ear as he watched TV.他在看電視，並沒很注意聽她講話。
ear

noun²

 2ability to recognize sounds聽覺ADJECTIVE | VERB + EAR | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤fine, good, keen, sharp敏銳的聽力；靈敏的聽覺◇He has a keen ear for dialogue.他熱衷於聽別人談話。◇His sharp ears had picked up the uncertainty in her voice.他敏銳地覺察出她聲音中的猶豫。➤trained, untrained受過訓練的／沒受過訓練的耳朵◇To the trained ear the calls of these birds sound quite different.對於受過訓練的耳朵而言，這些鳥的叫聲十分不同。VERB + EAR➤have有聽覺➤attune使某人的耳朵適應⋯◇It takes time to attune your ear to the local accent.要過一段時間才能聽得懂當地的口音。PREPOSITION➤by ear靠耳朵◇She usually plays the guitar by ear, rather than reading the music.他通常憑記憶來彈吉他，而不是靠看樂譜。➤ear for耳朵對⋯的辨別力◇He has a good ear for accents and can usually tell where a speaker comes from.他對口音有靈敏的辨別力，通常能聽出講話人來自哪兒。PHRASES➤have a tin ear for sth (especially NAmE) 聽覺不靈◇She has a tin ear for melody (= does not appreciate it).她完全沒有樂感。
BNC: 1599 COCA: 1337
BNC: 1599 COCA: 1337

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