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earshot

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ear·shot /ˈɪəʃɒt $ ˈɪrʃɑːt/ noun  1 within earshot NEARnear enough to hear what someone is saying 在听力所及范围内 Everyone within earshot soon knew her opinion of Reggie. 能听到她说话的人很快就都知道了她对雷吉的看法。2 out of earshot FARnot near enough to hear what someone is saying 在听力所及范围之外 I waited for her to get out of earshot before laughing. 等她走远再也听不见我声音了,我才笑起来。
Examples from the Corpus
earshotThe guard carefully out of earshot at the far end of the battlements smiled to see Lachlan and his lady so close.De Gaulle meant, as you would realise, that he wanted to take her out of earshot and have a whisper.She must be within earshot, but she was keeping quiet.Key field support teams were said to be overtly impugning the reputations of colleagues within earshot of customers.They did not draw too close, but hovered within earshot of all that was said.To any neighbors within earshot, I apologize.Fast fighter jets -- many traveling within earshot of the sound barrier -- will headline the shows.
ear·shot nounChineseSyllable
saying someone enough is Corpus what near hear to


earshot
earshot /ˈɪəʃɒt $ ˈɪrʃɑːt/ noun
1. within earshot near enough to hear what someone is saying:
    Everyone within earshot soon knew her opinion of Reggie.
2. out of earshot not near enough to hear what someone is saying:
    I waited for her to get out of earshot before laughing.


ear·shotBrE /ˈɪəʃɒt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɪrʃɑːt/ 🔊 nounout of ˈearshot (of sb/sth)too far away to hear sb/sth or to be heard 在听力范围之外We waited until Ted was safely out of earshot before discussing it. 我们一直等到特德保准听不见时才讨论这事。🔊🔊within ˈearshot (of sb/sth)near enough to hear sb/sth or to be heard 在听力范围之内As she came within earshot of the group, she heard her name mentioned. 她刚走近到能听见这群人说话声时便听到有人提她的名字。🔊🔊