ear

英 [ɪə(r)] 美 [ɪr]

• n. 听觉；耳朵；倾听
• n. 麦穗
• vi. 抽穗

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]耳,耳朵

   either of the two organs by which people or animals hear, each side of the head

2. [S]听力

   keen recognition of sounds, especially in music or languages

3. [S]倾听; 注意

   sympathetic attention

4. [C]穗

   the head of a grain-producing plant, used for food

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 耳，耳朵，耳子
2. 听觉，听力，辨音力
3. 耳状物
4. 注意，倾听
5. 穗，麦穗
6. 音感
7. 捏把
8. 灯花
9. 全神贯注地听，聚精会神地听

v. 动词

1. 抽穗

英英释义

Noun:

1. the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

2. good hearing;

   "he had a keen ear"
   "a good ear for pitch"
   

3. the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

4. attention to what is said;

   "he tried to get her ear"
   

5. fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She plays the piano entirely by ear.
   他演奏钢琴完全凭听觉记忆,不用乐谱。
2. If this news ever reaches her ears, she'll be furious.
   这个消息万一传到她的耳朵里，她一定得大发雷霆。
3. He gave the boy's ear a painful tweak.
   他用力拧了一下那男孩的耳朵。
4. The dog's ear pricked up at the sound.
   狗听到声音后竖起了耳朵。
5. He tried to give a sympathetic ear to the patient.
   他极力怀着同情心倾听患者的叙述。
6. They bent an ear to our request for aid.
   他们仔细倾听我们求援的请求。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Some people like eating the ear of wheat.
   有些人喜欢吃麦穗。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The corn will soon ear.
   玉米不久就要结穗了。
2. Soon the seedings shot up and began to ear.
   秧苗很快长起来,并开始抽穗。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Her trained ear detected the weaknesses.
   她训练有素的耳朵听出了这些弱点。
2. His right ear was taken off.
   他的右耳被割除了。
3. The blind touched the elephant's ear and said that it was just like a huge fan.
   这位盲人触摸到大象的一只耳朵,然后说这头大象像一把大扇子。
4. Big rings hang from her ears.
   她耳朵下面垂着大耳环。
5. She hit him on the ears.
   她打了他一记耳光。
6. Bullets whistled past our ears.
   子弹从我们耳边呼啸而过。
7. I was too afraid of her to shudder, too afraid of her to put my fingers to my ears.
   我怕她怕得不敢发抖,怕得不敢用手指捂耳朵。
8. I heard him say so with my own ears.
   我亲耳听他这么说的。
9. Walls have ears.
   隔墙有耳。
10. Everybody says there is more in his statement than meets the ear.
    大家都说他话中有话。
11. She has a good ear for languages.
    她学语言的听力很好。
12. She's got a good ear for music.
    她很会欣赏音乐。
13. The band doesn't sound out of tune to me, but then I've no ear for music.
    对我来说,乐队没有走调,不过我没有欣赏音乐的才能。
14. Gary quite likes pop music, but has an ear for the classics as well.
    加里很喜欢流行音乐,不过他也有欣赏古典音乐的才能。
15. Rice was shooting out into ears.
    稻子已经抽穗了。
16. She has some ears of rice in her hand.
    她手里拿着几穗稻子。

经典引文

• Rumours have come to my ears.

  出自： H. C. Jackson

• The summons in our ears was shrill.

  出自： W. N. Hodgson

• He listened to their difficulties with an impatient ear.

  出自： fig.

• The little corn that had been planted withered before it came to an ear.

  出自： R. Graves

• The Sea..which they ear and wound With keels.

  出自：Anthony Cleopatra , Shakespeare

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a word in sb's ear

〈非正式〉悄悄话，耳语 a private talk

about one's ears

彻底地,猛烈地 all round one

be all ears

全神贯注地听着,专心倾听 listen eagerly

bring sth (down) about one's ears

失败，毁灭；（希望、计划等）落空 to or into complete collaps, defeat, or ruin; to the destruction of a person's plans, hopes, etc.

box sb's ears

打…耳光 slap sb on the side of the head

bring a storm about sb's ears

引起对某人的强烈反感〔愤怒〕 cause sb to be very tiresome or angry

come out of one's ears

大量 be in great excess

come to〔reach〕 one's ears

让…听到 be made aware of

fall on deaf ears

未受到重视; 未被理睬,不被听取 not be mentioned

fall on one's ears

听起来 sound

gain the ear of

得到某人的注意 get sb to listen to one

give (an) ear to

倾听,注意 listen; pay attention to

give one's ears

不惜任何代价(要) make great personal sacrifice for; pay any price for

give sb a thick ear

打…耳光 slap sb on the side of the head

go in one ear and out of the other

左耳进,右耳出; 只当耳旁风 be not really listening

have long ears

爱打听别人的事情 be inquisitive

have one's ears burning

耳朵发热 be the subject of conversation

have the ear of

(意见、看法等)得到某人重视; 被某人听取和接受 (ideas, opinions etc.) are respected by sb

lend an ear

细听,倾听 listen attentively

on one's ear

轻率 hurriedly

play by ear

凭听觉而不是识谱来演奏音乐 play a tune which one has heard, remembered, or invented but not seen written in notes
play by ear
I could play by ear.

我能够凭听觉而不是识谱来演奏音乐。
No one could play by ear.

没有人能够凭听觉而不是识谱来演奏乐器。 play sth by ear
I can play the piano by ear, but I regret now that I never learned to read music properly.

我能不看乐谱弹奏钢琴,不过现在我后悔没有真正学会识乐谱。

play it by ear

见机行事 judge the correct way to deal with sth as it happens, without fixed plans in advance

prick up one's ears

立刻竖起耳朵仔细听 suddenly start listening carefully

ring in one's ears

言犹在耳 sound like a bell in (a space)

set by the ears

使争吵不休 lead to disharmony among people
set sb by the ears
The mere mention of the subject set the whole company by the ears.

一提起这个题目,就引起众人的争吵。
Trying to agree where to go on holiday set the family by the ears.

试图商定去哪里度假,结果造成了家庭不和。

shut one's ears to

对…充耳不闻 pretend not to hear

strain one's ears

尽力倾听 try one's best to listen

throw out on sb's ear

不客气地把某人打发走 forcibly eject sb
throw sb out on sb's ear
The drunk was making a nuisance of himself and so the manager threw him out on his ear.

那醉汉自己招人讨厌,因此经理不客气地把他打发走了。

turn a deaf ear to

置若罔闻,装没听到 pay no attention to; pretend not to hear

up to one's ears

深深卷入 overwhelmed with

wet behind the ears

少不更事,无所适从 inexperienced

with half an ear

不专心(听) listen inattentively

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• believe one's ears 相信所听到的话
• bend an ear 留心听
• box one's ear 打某人的耳光
• close one's ears 充耳不闻
• cover one's ears 捂住耳朵
• gain ear 引起注意
• give a ear to 听取…
• give one's ears 不惜任何代价
• have ear for music 喜欢音乐
• have sb's ear 引起注意
• lend an ear to 注意听…
• meet the ear 被听到
• stop one's ears 充耳不闻
• talk sb's ear 对某人唠叨不休
• win a ear 引起注意

形容词+～

• dull ear 听觉迟钝
• ill-developed ear 发育不全的耳朵
• inner ear 内耳
• middle ear 中耳
• musical ear 音乐欣赏力
• practiced ear 经过训练的耳朵
• quick ear 灵敏的听觉
• sharp ear 灵敏的听觉

介词+～

• about one's ears 在近旁,引起麻烦
• by ear 凭听觉
• play it by ear 临机应变
• play music by ear 不看乐谱弹奏乐曲
• have a word in sb's ear 同某人私下谈话
• give sb a box on the ear 打某人一记耳光
• familiar to the ear 耳熟
• sweet to the ear 悦耳
• up to the ears in 深陷于…之中
• with all one's ears 全神贯注地(听)

～+介词

• an ear of corn 玉米穗
• an ear of wheat 麦穗
• all ears to〔at〕 全神贯注地听…

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. ear的基本意思是“耳朵”,是可数名词,常用复数形式。
2. ear也可作“听力,听觉; 鉴赏力”解,尤指在音乐或语言方面灵敏的听力,或分辨声音的能力,总是用单数形式,一般不能单独使用,其前须加一修饰性词语。
3. ear还可作“倾听; 注意”解,总是用单数形式,但可以加不定冠词。
4. ear还可指稻麦等谷物的“穗”,是ear(耳朵)的同形同音异源异义词。ear作“穗”解时,可用作单位词,接of短语表示数量。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他既不会欣赏音乐也不会欣赏绘画。

   误 He has neither ears for music nor eyes for painting.

   正 He has neither ear for music nor eye for painting.

   析 ear作“听力,听觉”解时用单数形式。

2. 他对老师的警告置若罔闻。

   误 He turned deaf ears to his teacher's warning.

   正 He turned a deaf ear to his teacher's warning.

   析 表示“对…置若罔闻”,可以说turn a deaf ear to...,在这个习语里, ear是单数,前面须带不定冠词a。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的eare，意为耳朵。

近反义词

【近义词】

• external ear 外耳
• hearing 听力
• attention 注意
• heed 注意
• auricle 外耳
• outer ear 外耳
• shell-like 似壳的
• earlobe 耳垂
• earhole 耳孔
• ability 能力
• sensitivity 敏感
• talent 天赋
• knack 技巧
• facility 设备
• feel 感觉
• regard 尊敬
• hearing organ 听觉器官
• internal ear 内耳
• middle ear 鼓室
• sense of hearing 听觉
• audition 听
• notice 注意
• note 笔记
• heedfulness 深切注意
• attentiveness 注意
• capitulum [植]头状花序...
• spike 长钉
• pinna [解]耳廓