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• ear   /ɪə(r)/ DJ   /ɪr/ DJ US   /ɪr/ KK US
  • noun
    • 耳；耳朵 either of the organs on the sides of the head that you hear withcountable
      • 耳朵感染 an ear infection
      • 内／外耳 the inner/outer ear
      • 她对他耳语了几句。 She whispered something in his ear.
      • 他用双手捂住耳朵。 He put his hands over his ears.
      • 她扎了耳朵眼儿。 She's had her ears pierced.
      • 大象拍打着双耳。 The elephant flapped its ears.
      • 他总是愿意倾听别人的心声。 He was always there with a sympathetic ear(= a willingness to listen to people).
      • See also:
        cauliflower ear;   glue ear;   middle ear;   body
    • 有…耳朵的；耳朵…的 having the type of ears mentioned
      • 长耳猫头鹰 a long-eared owl
      • Alternate:
        -eared
    • 灵敏的听力；辨音力 an ability to recognize and copy sounds wellsingular
      • 她学语言的听力一直很好。 She has always had an ear for languages.
      • 弹好钢琴必需要有敏锐的辨音能力。 You need a good ear to master the piano.
    • （谷类植物的）穗 the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat, that contains the seedscountable
      • 玉米穗 ears of corn
      • See also:
        cereal
    • Idiom:
      be all ears informal
      • 全神贯注地听；聚精会神地听 to be waiting with interest to hear what somebody has to say
        • “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.’
    • Idiom:
      be out on your ear informal
      • 被迫离开（工作岗位等）；被撵出去 to be forced to leave (a job, etc.)
    • Idiom:
      be up to your ears in something
      • 深陷于；埋头于；忙于 to have a lot of something to deal with
        • 我们工作忙得不可开交。 We're up to our ears in work.
    • Idiom:
      something comes to/reaches somebody's ears
      • 传到…的耳朵里 somebody hears about something, especially when other people already know about it
        • 他的绯闻终于传到她耳朵里。 News of his affair eventually reached her ears.
    • Idiom:
      somebody's ears are burning
      • （感到有人议论，尤指说闲话而）耳朵发热 a person thinks that other people are talking about them, especially in an unkind way
        • “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!’
    • Idiom:
      somebody's ears are flapping British English, informal
      • 某人正竖着耳朵听 a person is trying to listen to somebody else's conversation
    • Idiom:
      go in one ear and out the other informal
      • 将消息等 of information, etc. 一只耳朵进另一只耳朵出；当作耳边风 to be forgotten quickly
        • 我无论对他们说什么都只被当作耳边风。 Everything I tell them just goes in one ear and out the other.
    • Idiom:
      have somebody's ear;   have the ear of somebody
      • 在某人那里说得上话；使某人听得进去 to be able to give somebody advice, influence them, etc. because they trust you
        • 他在君主那里说得上话。 He had the ear of the monarch.
    • Idiom:
      keep/have an/your ear to the ground
      • 注意看动向；掌握最新发展情况 to make sure that you always find out about the most recent developments in a particular situation
    • Idiom:
      play (something) by ear
      • 凭记忆演奏；不看乐谱弹奏 to play music by remembering how it sounds rather than by reading it
    • Idiom:
      play it by ear informal
      • 见机行事；随机应变；根据情况需要行动 to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops rather than by having a plan to follow
        • 我不知道他们到达时需要什么 我们只有见机行事了。 I don't know what they'll want when they arrive─we'll have to play it by ear.
    • Idiom:
      shut/close your ears to something
      • （对…）充耳不闻，置之不理 to refuse to listen to something
        • 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.
    • Idiom:
      smile/grin/beam from ear to ear
      • 眉开眼笑；笑得合不拢嘴 to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something
    • Idiom:
      with half an ear
      • 心不在焉地听 without giving your full attention to what is being said, etc.

English dictionary

• ear
  • The organ of hearing and balance in humans and other vertebrates, esp. the external part of this
  • An organ sensitive to sound in other animals
  • An ability to recognize, appreciate, and reproduce sounds, esp. music or language

Related phrases

• ear.
  electronic analog resolver 电子模拟分解器
• cauliflower ear
  （因多次遭殴打而永远肿胀的）菜花耳，开花耳朵
• Jew's-ear
  【植】木耳
• One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
  巧妇难为无米之炊。
• ear drops
  滴耳药水；滴耳剂
• ear lobe
  耳垂
• ear-splitting
  极响的；震耳欲聋的
• external ear
  外耳
• a flea in one's ear
  尖刻的责备;刺耳的话
• glue ear
  胶着耳（咽鼓管由黏液阻塞所致）

Synonyms

• noun: lug, hearing, spike

Web translations

Usage examples

• "If he's doing that (injecting steroids and HGH) to me, I should have a third ear coming out of my forehead. I should be pulling tractors with my teeth," said Clemens, during the interview, taped Dec. 28 at his home in Katy, Texas.
  Jan 7, 2008 -  Roger Clemens -  Indianapolis Star
• "I feel like my game is ready, but you never know," Mickelson said. "I'm going to just do the best that I can. I feel like emotionally, I'm better. But you just never know. So we'll play it by ear, day-by-day."
  Jun 18, 2009 -  Phil Mickelson -  Philadelphia Inquirer

Web definitions

• • the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
    
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• • good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"
    
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• • auricle: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
    
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