ear
noun /ɪə(r)/
/ɪr/
Idioms - enlarge image
耳;耳朵 - the left/right ear
左耳/右耳 - He put his hands over his ears.
他用双手捂住耳朵。 - She's had her ears pierced.
她扎了耳朵眼儿。 - The elephant flapped its ears.
大象拍打着双耳。 - in somebody's ear She whispered something in his ear.
她对他耳语了几句。 - He was now screaming in my ear.
他现在在我耳边尖叫。 - He was always there with a sympathetic ear (= was always willing to listen to people).
他总是愿意倾听别人的心声。 - an ear infection
耳朵感染
Topics Bodya1- A blast of punk rock music assaulted her ears.
突然迸发的一阵朋克摇滚乐冲击着她的耳朵。 - A horse may show annoyance by putting its ears back.
马会向后斜耳朵以表示恼怒。 - A small noise caught his ear.
一个很小的声音引起了他的注意。 - At first I stopped my ears to what I did not want to hear.
起初我对不想听的话捂住耳朵不听。 - Blood from his torn ear was soaking his collar.
他被撕裂的耳朵流出的血浸湿了衣领。 - Chinese music uses a scale that is unfamiliar to Western ears.
中国音乐使用的音阶,西方人听起来有点儿陌生。 - Christopher felt his ears reddening.
克里斯托弗觉得他的耳朵在发热。 - Dogs can hear things that human ears can't hear.
狗能听到人耳听不到的声音。 - Each animal receives an individual ear tag.
每只动物都有一个单独的耳标。 - He had three ear piercings.
他穿了三个耳朵眼。 - He has really big ears that stick out.
他有一对大招风耳。 - He pressed his ear to the door, but heard nothing.
他把耳朵贴到门上,但是什么也听不到。 - He waited in the darkness, his ears alert for the slightest sound.
他在黑暗中等着,警醒地聆听着最细微的声音。 - If you suck a sweet as the plane takes off it stops your ears popping.
飞机起飞时含一颗糖果可以防止耳朵胀痛。 - a rabbit with long floppy ears
耷拉着长耳朵的兔子 - He could hear much better after having his ears cleaned out.
清洗过耳朵之后,他听得清楚多了。 - She nibbled on his ear.
她轻轻地咬他的耳朵。 - His sharp ears had picked up the uncertainty in her voice.
他敏锐地觉察出她声音中的犹豫。 - Drop a quiet word in her ear about it before it's too late.
在还来得及之前,把这件事先悄悄地向她说一下。 - I have a few words for your ears alone.
我有几句话只说给你听。 - I strained my ears to catch the conversation in the other room.
我竖起耳朵仔细听另一个房间里的谈话。 - If news of the break-in reaches the boss's ears, we're in trouble.
如果非法入室的事情传到老板的耳朵里,我们就麻烦了。 - My heart was pounding in my ears.
我能听到自己的心在怦怦地跳。 - She couldn't see, but her ears told her that the guards had arrived.
她虽然看不见,但是能听得出卫兵已经到了。 - She did not like the scheme, as she made clear every time she found a receptive ear.
她不喜欢这个方案,每当有人愿意听她讲时,她都要说明这一点。 - The dog pricked up its ears.
狗竖起了耳朵。 - The explosion set my ears ringing and even made me jump a bit.
爆炸震得我耳鸣,甚至吓得我跳了一下。 - The sound of the blast filled my ears.
爆炸声震得我耳朵嗡嗡直响。 - The voices buzzing all around echoed in her ears.
周围嗡嗡的说话声一直在她耳边回响。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- left
- right
- inner
- …
- plug
- stop
- block
- …
- catch something
- detect something
- hear something
- …
- canal
- drum
- lobe
- …
- in your ear
- be all ears
- beam, grin, smile, etc. from ear to ear
- bend somebody’s ear
- …
- the left/right ear
- -eared(in adjectives
) having the type of ears mentioned构成形容词 有…耳朵的;耳朵…的 - a long-eared owl
长耳鸮
More Like This Compound adjectives for physical characteristicsCompound adjectives for physical characteristics- -beaked
- -bellied
- -billed
- -blooded
- -bodied
- -cheeked
- -chested
- -eared
- -eyed
- -faced
- -fingered
- -footed
- -haired
- -handed
- -headed
- -hearted
- -hipped
- -lidded
- -limbed
- -mouthed
- -necked
- -nosed
- -skinned
- -tailed
- -throated
- -toothed
- a long-eared owl
- [singular] an ability to recognize and copy sounds well
灵敏的听力;辨音力 - She has always had an ear for languages.
她一直对语言很有鉴赏力。 - You need a good ear to master the piano.
弹好钢琴需要有敏锐的辨音能力。
- He has a keen ear for dialogue.
他热衷于听别人谈话。 - He has a good ear for accents and can usually tell where a speaker comes from.
他对口音有灵敏的辨别力,通常能听出讲话人来自哪儿。 - To the trained ear the calls of these birds sound quite different.
对于受过训练的耳朵而言,这些鸟的叫声十分不同。 - It takes time to attune your ear to the local accent.
要过一段时间才能听得懂当地的口音。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- good
- keen
- …
- have
- attune
- by ear
- ear for
- have a tin ear for something
- She has always had an ear for languages.
- enlarge image[countable] the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat, that contains the seeds
(谷类植物的)穗 - ears of corn
玉米穗
- ears of corn
词源senses 1 to 3 Old English ēare, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oor and German Ohr, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin auris and Greek ous.sense 4 Old English ēar, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aar and German Ähre.
Idioms
be all ears
- (informal) to be waiting with interest to hear what somebody has to say
全神贯注地听;聚精会神地听 - ‘Do you know what he said?’ ‘Go on—I'm all ears.’
“你知道他说什么了吗?” “讲吧,我洗耳恭听。”
- ‘Do you know what he said?’ ‘Go on—I'm all ears.’
bend somebody’s ear (about something)
- (informal) to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have
向某人唠叨诉说(尤指自己的难处)
be out on your ear
- (informal) to be forced to leave (a job, etc.)
被迫离开(工作岗位等);被撵出去
be up to your ears in something
- (informal) to have a lot of something to deal with
深陷于;埋头于;忙于 - We're up to our ears in work.
我们工作忙得不可开交。
- We're up to our ears in work.
box somebody's ears
(also give somebody a box on the ears)
- (old-fashioned) to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment
打某人耳光
cock an ear/eye at something/somebody
- to look at or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention
侧耳倾听;凝神细看
something comes to/reaches somebody’s ears
- somebody hears about something, especially when other people already know about it
传到…的耳朵里 - News of his affair eventually reached her ears.
他的绯闻终于传到她耳朵里。
- News of his affair eventually reached her ears.
somebody’s ears are burning
- a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way
(感到有人议论自己,尤指说闲话而)耳朵发热 - ‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night.’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning!’
“我昨天晚上偶然遇到你的前妻。” “怪不得我好像觉得耳朵发热呢!”
- ‘I bumped into your ex-wife last night.’ ‘I thought I could feel my ears burning!’
somebody’s ears are flapping
- (British English, informal) a person is trying to listen to somebody else’s conversation
某人正竖着耳朵听
easy on the ear
- (informal) pleasant to listen to
好听/好看的;悦耳/悦目的 - Their music is all very easy on the ear.
他们的音乐非常悦耳。
- Their music is all very easy on the ear.
easy on the ear/eye
- (informal) pleasant to listen to or look at
好听/好看的;悦耳/悦目的 - The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye.
房间用柔和的彩色粉笔画,很容易看出来。
- The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye.
fall on deaf ears
- to be ignored or not noticed by other people
不被理睬;不被注意;被置若罔闻 - Her advice fell on deaf ears.
她的忠告没有受到重视。
- Her advice fell on deaf ears.
give somebody/get a thick ear
- (British English, informal) to hit somebody/be hit on the head as a punishment
打耳光;挨耳光 - You’ll get a thick ear if you’re not careful!
如果你不小心,你会被打耳洞的!
- You’ll get a thick ear if you’re not careful!
go in one ear and out the other
- (informal) (of information, etc.
) to be forgotten quickly消息等 一只耳朵进另一只耳朵出;被当作耳边风 - Everything I tell them just goes in one ear and out the other.
我无论对他们说什么都只被当作耳边风。 - I knew that my words were going in one ear and out the other.
我知道他把我说的都当耳边风。
- Everything I tell them just goes in one ear and out the other.
have something coming out of your ears
- (informal) to have a lot of something, especially more than you need
有的是某物(形容大量拥有,甚至超过所需) - That man has money coming out of his ears.
那个人有很多钱。
- That man has money coming out of his ears.
have somebody’s ear | have the ear of somebody
- to be able to give somebody advice, influence them, etc. because they trust you
在某人那里说得上话;使某人听得进去 - He had the ear of the monarch.
他在君主那里说得上话。 - This was the woman who had the ear of the President.
这就是那个能跟总统说得上话的女人。
- He had the ear of the monarch.
have a word in somebody’s ear
- (British English) to speak to somebody privately about something
和…说私话;与…密谈 - Can I have a word in your ear about tomorrow's presentation?
关于明天的演示我能和你说几句吗?
- Can I have a word in your ear about tomorrow's presentation?
keep your ears open (for somebody/something)
- to listen out for somebody/something that you might hear
(对…)充耳不闻,置之不理
keep your ears/eyes open (for somebody/something)
- to listen or look out for somebody/something that you might hear or see
觉得耳朵在发烧(认为或猜测别人在说自己)
keep/have your ear to the ground
- to make sure that you always find out about the most recent developments in a particular situation
注意看动向;掌握最新发展情况 - The agent had no suitable properties on his books but promised to keep an ear to the ground for us.
代理人在他的账本上没有合适的资产,但答应为我们留意情况。
- The agent had no suitable properties on his books but promised to keep an ear to the ground for us.
lend an ear (to somebody/something)
- to listen in a patient and kind way to somebody
聆听;倾听
make a pig’s ear (out) of something
- (British English, informal) to do something badly; to make a mess of something
把事情办砸;弄得一团糟
(you can't) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
- (you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at all
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music to your ears
- news or information that you are very pleased to hear
好消息;令人满意的信息
not believe your ears
- (informal) to be very surprised at something you hear
(对…)保持警觉;注意;留心 - I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the news.
听到这个消息,我简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。 - 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!
- I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the news.
not believe your ears/eyes
- (informal) to be very surprised at something you hear/see
不相信自己的耳朵(或眼睛);对所闻(或所见)非常吃惊 - I couldn't believe my eyes when she walked in.
她走进来时我简直不相信自己的眼睛。
- I couldn't believe my eyes when she walked in.
play (something) by ear
- to play music by remembering how it sounds rather than by reading it
凭记忆演奏;不看乐谱弹奏 - She usually plays the guitar by ear, rather than reading the music.
他通常凭记忆来弹吉他,而不是靠看乐谱。
- She usually plays the guitar by ear, rather than reading the music.
play it by ear
- (informal) to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops rather than by having a plan to follow
见机行事;随机应变;根据情况需要行动 - I’m not sure how many people are expected—we’ll just have to play it by ear.
我不知道预计会有多少人——我们只能见机行事。
- I’m not sure how many people are expected—we’ll just have to play it by ear.
prick (up) your ears
- (of an animal, especially a horse or dog
) to raise the ears动物,尤指马或狗 竖起耳朵 - (also your ears prick up)(of a person
) to listen carefully because you have just heard something interesting; to listen out for something you might hear人 倾耳细听 - Her ears pricked up at the sound of his name.
一听到他的名字她的耳朵就立刻竖了起来。 - I walked along, ears pricked for the slightest noise.
我一边走,一边竖起耳朵听最轻微的声音。
- Her ears pricked up at the sound of his name.
ring in your ears/head
- to make you feel that you can still hear something
在耳边回响 - His warning was still ringing in my ears.
他的警告依然在我耳边回响。
- His warning was still ringing in my ears.
shut/close your ears to something
- to refuse to listen to something
(对…)充耳不闻,置之不理 - She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
她拿定主意对所有的谣言置之不理。
- She decided to shut her ears to all the rumours.
smile/grin/beam from ear to ear
- to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something
眉开眼笑;笑得合不拢嘴 - He was beaming from ear to ear.
他笑得合不拢嘴。
- He was beaming from ear to ear.
turn a deaf ear (to somebody/something)
- to ignore or refuse to listen to somebody/something
(对…)置之不理,充耳不闻 - He turned a deaf ear to the rumours.
他对这些谣言置若罔闻。
- He turned a deaf ear to the rumours.
walls have ears
- (saying) used to warn people to be careful what they say because other people may be listening
隔墙有耳
(still) wet behind the ears
- (informal, disapproving) young and without much experience
synonym naive乳臭未干;少不更事;没见过世面 - He was still wet behind the ears, politically.
他在政治上仍然涉世不深。
- He was still wet behind the ears, politically.
with a flea in your ear
- if somebody sends a person away with a flea in their ear, they tell them angrily to go away
以气愤的言语,以责难(把人轰走)
with half an ear
- without giving your full attention to what is being said, etc.
心不在焉地听 - He listened to her with only half an ear as he watched TV.
他在看电视,并没很注意听她讲话。
- He listened to her with only half an ear as he watched TV.