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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ear /ɪə $ ɪr/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 1 
part of your body 身体部位 [countable]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. 她把头发拢到耳朵背后。long-eared/short-eared etc a long-eared rabbit 长耳兔2 grain 谷物 [countable]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，眉开眼笑 She came out of his office, beaming from ear to ear. 她走出他的办公室，笑得合不拢嘴。4 reach somebody’s ears if something reaches someone’s ears, they hear about it or find out about it 传到某人耳朵里 The news eventually reached the ears of the king. 消息最终传到了国王耳朵里。5 to somebody’s ears used when saying how something sounds to someone 在某人听来 It sounds odd to the ears of an ordinary English speaker. 这在一般说英语的人听来怪怪的。6 APM[singular] the ability to learn music, copy sounds etc 〔学习音乐、模仿声音等的〕听力；辨音能力ear for She has no ear for languages at all. 她对学习语言一点也不在行。 a good ear for dialogue 善于倾听7 a sympathetic ear LISTENused to say that someone listens sympathetically to what someone is saying 同情地倾听 He’s always prepared to lend a sympathetic ear. 他总是愿意倾听别人的心声。8 close/shut your ears to something LISTENto refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news 拒听坏消息[令人讨厌的消息] You can’t just close your ears to their warnings. 你可不能对他们的警告置之不理。 → turn a deaf ear at deaf(4), → fall on deaf ears at deaf(5)9 be all ears informalINTERESTED to be very keen to hear what someone is going to tell you 全神贯注地听，洗耳恭听 As soon as I mentioned money, Karen was all ears. 我一提到钱，卡伦马上就竖起了耳朵。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 〔尤指因犯错〕被迫离职[退出某组织] You’d better start working harder, or you’ll be out on your ear. 你最好开始加把劲，否则将被开除。11. be up to your ears in work/debt/problems etc PROBLEMto have a lot of work etc 工作/债务/问题等很多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. 今年这段时间我们南瓜吃得太多了。13. keep your/an ear to the ground FIND OUTto make sure that you always know what is happening in a situation 保持关注〔以确保知晓某事态的发展动向〕14 keep your ears open to always be listening in order to find out what is happening or to hear some useful information 时刻注意〔在发生的事或有用的信息〕 I hope you’ll all keep your eyes and ears open for anything unusual. 希望你们大家都能密切注意任何不寻常的事情。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 左耳进，右耳出 I don’t know why I tell her anything. It just goes in one ear and out the other. 我干吗要告诉她呢，反正我的话她也只是当作耳边风。16 give somebody a thick ear British English informalHIT to hit someone on the ear 打耳光 Behave yourself or I’ll give you a thick ear! 规矩点，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 获得某人信任，忠告[意见等]被某人接纳18. play something by ear PLANto play music that you have heard without having to read written music 不看乐谱演奏乐曲 → see also play it by ear at play1(11)19. somebody’s ears are burning DISCUSSused to say that someone thinks that people are talking about them 某人耳朵在发烫〔用于表示感到有人在背后议论自己〕20. somebody’s ears are flapping British English spokenLISTEN used to say that someone is trying to listen to your private conversation 某人在设法偷听 → 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) COLLOCATIONSadjectivesbig 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，松软下垂的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. 她右耳聋了。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。verbssay/whisper something into somebody’s ear 在某人耳边说/轻声说He whispered something into his wife’s ear. 他在妻子耳边轻声说了几句。have your ears pierced (=have a hole put into the skin, so that you can wear an earring) 扎耳洞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) 某人长着招风耳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) 某人突然耳胀〔如飞机快速上升或下降时〕nMy ears finally popped when the plane landed.
part of your body 身体部位 [countable]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. 她把头发拢到耳朵背后。long-eared/short-eared etc a long-eared rabbit 长耳兔2 grain 谷物 [countable]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，眉开眼笑 She came out of his office, beaming from ear to ear. 她走出他的办公室，笑得合不拢嘴。4 reach somebody’s ears if something reaches someone’s ears, they hear about it or find out about it 传到某人耳朵里 The news eventually reached the ears of the king. 消息最终传到了国王耳朵里。5 to somebody’s ears used when saying how something sounds to someone 在某人听来 It sounds odd to the ears of an ordinary English speaker. 这在一般说英语的人听来怪怪的。6 APM[singular] the ability to learn music, copy sounds etc 〔学习音乐、模仿声音等的〕听力；辨音能力ear for She has no ear for languages at all. 她对学习语言一点也不在行。 a good ear for dialogue 善于倾听7 a sympathetic ear LISTENused to say that someone listens sympathetically to what someone is saying 同情地倾听 He’s always prepared to lend a sympathetic ear. 他总是愿意倾听别人的心声。8 close/shut your ears to something LISTENto refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news 拒听坏消息[令人讨厌的消息] You can’t just close your ears to their warnings. 你可不能对他们的警告置之不理。 → turn a deaf ear at deaf(4), → fall on deaf ears at deaf(5)9 be all ears informalINTERESTED to be very keen to hear what someone is going to tell you 全神贯注地听，洗耳恭听 As soon as I mentioned money, Karen was all ears. 我一提到钱，卡伦马上就竖起了耳朵。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 〔尤指因犯错〕被迫离职[退出某组织] You’d better start working harder, or you’ll be out on your ear. 你最好开始加把劲，否则将被开除。11. be up to your ears in work/debt/problems etc PROBLEMto have a lot of work etc 工作/债务/问题等很多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. 今年这段时间我们南瓜吃得太多了。13. keep your/an ear to the ground FIND OUTto make sure that you always know what is happening in a situation 保持关注〔以确保知晓某事态的发展动向〕14 keep your ears open to always be listening in order to find out what is happening or to hear some useful information 时刻注意〔在发生的事或有用的信息〕 I hope you’ll all keep your eyes and ears open for anything unusual. 希望你们大家都能密切注意任何不寻常的事情。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 左耳进，右耳出 I don’t know why I tell her anything. It just goes in one ear and out the other. 我干吗要告诉她呢，反正我的话她也只是当作耳边风。16 give somebody a thick ear British English informalHIT to hit someone on the ear 打耳光 Behave yourself or I’ll give you a thick ear! 规矩点，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 获得某人信任，忠告[意见等]被某人接纳18. play something by ear PLANto play music that you have heard without having to read written music 不看乐谱演奏乐曲 → see also play it by ear at play1(11)19. somebody’s ears are burning DISCUSSused to say that someone thinks that people are talking about them 某人耳朵在发烫〔用于表示感到有人在背后议论自己〕20. somebody’s ears are flapping British English spokenLISTEN used to say that someone is trying to listen to your private conversation 某人在设法偷听 → 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) COLLOCATIONSadjectivesbig 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，松软下垂的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. 她右耳聋了。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。verbssay/whisper something into somebody’s ear 在某人耳边说/轻声说He whispered something into his wife’s ear. 他在妻子耳边轻声说了几句。have your ears pierced (=have a hole put into the skin, so that you can wear an earring) 扎耳洞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) 某人长着招风耳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) 某人突然耳胀〔如飞机快速上升或下降时〕nMy ears finally popped when the plane landed.Examples from the Corpus
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 eare2. Old English earear noun →10-20
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ear S2 W2 /ɪə $ ɪr/
noun
Origin: eare
Origin: ear
1. PART OF YOUR BODY [countable] one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with:
She tucked her hair behind her ears.
long-eared/short-eared etc
a long-eared rabbit
2. GRAIN [countable] the top part of a plant such as wheat that produces grain
ear of
an ear of corn
3. smile/grin etc from ear to ear to show that you are very happy or pleased by smiling a lot:
She came out of his office, beaming from ear to ear.
4. reach somebody's ears if something reaches someone's ears, they hear about it or find out about it:
The news eventually reached the ears of the king.
5. to somebody's ears used when saying how something sounds to someone:
It sounds odd to the ears of an ordinary English speaker.
6. [singular] the ability to learn music, copy sounds etc
ear for
She has no ear for languages at all.
a good ear for dialogue
7. a sympathetic ear used to say that someone listens sympathetically to what someone is saying:
He’s always prepared to lend a sympathetic ear.
8. close/shut your ears to something to refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news:
You can’t just close your ears to their warnings. ⇨ turn a deaf ear at deaf(4), ⇨ fall on deaf ears at deaf(5)
9. be all ears informal to be very keen to hear what someone is going to tell you:
As soon as I mentioned money, Karen was all ears.
10. be out on your ear informal to be forced to leave a job, organization etc, especially because you have done something wrong:
You’d better start working harder, or you’ll be out on your ear.
11. be up to your ears in work/debt/problems etc to have a lot of work etc
12. have something coming out (of) your ears informal to have too much of something:
We’ve got pumpkins coming out our ears this time of year.
13. keep your/an ear to the ground to make sure that you always know what is happening in a situation
14. keep your ears open to always be listening in order to find out what is happening or to hear some useful information:
I hope you’ll all keep your eyes and ears open for anything unusual.
15. go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other informal if information goes in one ear and out the other, you forget it as soon as you have heard it:
I don’t know why I tell her anything. It just goes in one ear and out the other.
16. give somebody a thick ear British English informal to hit someone on the ear:
Behave yourself or I’ll give you a thick ear!
17. have sb’s ear to be trusted by someone so that they will listen to your advice, opinions etc:
He claimed to have the ear of several top ministers.
18. play something by ear to play music that you have heard without having to read written music ⇨ play it by ear at play1(11)
19. sb’s ears are burning used to say that someone thinks that people are talking about them
20. sb’s ears are flapping British English spoken used to say that someone is trying to listen to your private conversation
⇨ dog-eared, ⇨ bend sb’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)
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▪big African elephants' ears are bigger than those of Indian elephants.
▪floppy (=soft and hanging down loosely, rather than being stiff) a rabbit with big floppy ears
▪pointy/pointed The dog has short pointy ears.
▪pierced (=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 She is deaf in her right ear.
▪inner/middle ear (=the parts inside your ear, which you use to hear sounds) I've got an infection in my middle ear.
■ verbs
▪say/whisper something into somebody's ear He whispered something into his wife's ear.
▪have your ears pierced (=have a hole put into the skin, so that you can wear an earring) I 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) If 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) My ears finally popped when the plane landed.
ear S2 W2 /ɪə $ ɪr/
noun Sense 1,2
Language: Old EnglishOrigin: eare
Sense 3
Language: Old EnglishOrigin: ear
1. PART OF YOUR BODY [countable] one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with:
long-eared/short-eared etc
2. GRAIN [countable] the top part of a plant such as wheat that produces grain
ear of
3. smile/grin etc from ear to ear to show that you are very happy or pleased by smiling a lot:
4. reach somebody's ears if something reaches someone's ears, they hear about it or find out about it:
5. to somebody's ears used when saying how something sounds to someone:
6. [singular] the ability to learn music, copy sounds etc
ear for
7. a sympathetic ear used to say that someone listens sympathetically to what someone is saying:
8. close/shut your ears to something to refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news:
9. be all ears informal to be very keen to hear what someone is going to tell you:
10. be out on your ear informal to be forced to leave a job, organization etc, especially because you have done something wrong:
11. be up to your ears in work/debt/problems etc to have a lot of work etc
12. have something coming out (of) your ears informal to have too much of something:
13. keep your/an ear to the ground to make sure that you always know what is happening in a situation
14. keep your ears open to always be listening in order to find out what is happening or to hear some useful information:
15. go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other informal if information goes in one ear and out the other, you forget it as soon as you have heard it:
16. give somebody a thick ear British English informal to hit someone on the ear:
17. have sb’s ear to be trusted by someone so that they will listen to your advice, opinions etc:
18. play something by ear to play music that you have heard without having to read written music ⇨ play it by ear at play1(11)
19. sb’s ears are burning used to say that someone thinks that people are talking about them
20. sb’s ears are flapping British English spoken used to say that someone is trying to listen to your private conversation
⇨ dog-eared, ⇨ bend sb’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)
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Each is used in front of a singular noun and is followed by a singular verb.* each 用于单数名词前，后接单数动词 ：◆ Each student has been given his or her own email address. 每个学生都得到一个自己的电子邮件地址。 The use of his orher sometimes sounds slightly formal and it is becoming more common to use the plural pronountheir .有时候 his 或 her 听起来有点正式，故日渐普遍使用复数代词 their ：◆ Each student has been given their own email address. 每个学生都得到一个自己的电子邮件地址。 When each is used after a plural subject, it has a plural verb.* each 用于复数主语后，谓语动词用复数 ：◆ They each have their own email address. 他们每个人都有自己的电子邮件地址。 Every is always followed by a singular verb.* every 后总是接单数动词 ：◆ Every student in the class is capable of passing the exam. 班上每个同学都有能力通过这次考试。 Each of ,each one of andevery one of are followed by a plural noun or pronoun, but the verb is usually singular.* each of、each one of 与 every one of 后接复数名词或代词，但谓语动词通常用单数 ：◆ Each (one) of the houses was slightly different. 每座房子都稍有不同。 ◆ I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad. 我买了一打鸡蛋，个个都是坏的。 A plural verb is more informal. 用复数动词则较非正式。
