hear
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hear /hɪə $ hɪr/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle heard /hɜːd $ hɜːrd/) 1 hear sounds/words etc 听到声音/话语等 [intransitive, transitive]HEAR to know that a sound is being made, using your ears 听到，听见5 Blanche heard a crash as the back door was flung open.布兰奇听见后门哗啦一声被推开。n She heard a sudden loud crash. Did anyone see or hear anything last night? 昨晚有没有人看见或听见什么？ncan hearn I could hear the sound of traffic. hear somebody/something doing something Jenny could hear them arguing outside. 珍妮能听到他们在外面争论。hear somebody do something She heard Tom go upstairs. 她听见汤姆上了楼。hear what/who etc I couldn’t hear what they were saying most of the time. 大多数时间我都听不到他们在说什么。be heard to do something She didn’t want to be heard to criticize him. 她不想被人听见自己批评他。somebody doesn’t hear too well/very well (=they have problems with their hearing) Old Zeke doesn’t hear too well anymore. 老齐克的耳朵已不灵了。5 ► Do not confuse hear with listen to, which means ‘hear and pay attention to’. You should listen to my advice (NOT You should hear my advice). 不要混淆hear和listen to，listen to指听见并加以注意: You should listen to my advice(不说 You should hear my advice).你应该听从我的建议。 2 listen to SB/STH 听某人/某事物 [transitive]LISTEN to listen to what someone is saying, the music they are playing etc 听，聆听，倾听 Maggie did not wait to hear an answer. 玛吉没等着听答复。 Did you hear that programme on whales the other night? 前两天晚上你有没有收听那个有关鲸的节目？hear what I want to hear what the doctor has to say. 我想听听医生有什么话要说。I hear what you say/what you’re saying spoken (=used to tell someone that you have listened to their opinion, but do not agree with it) 我听到你的话了 I hear what you say, but I don’t think we should rush this decision. 我听见你说的了，但我认为我们不该草率作出这个决定。3 be told STH 被告知某事 [intransitive, transitive]FIND OUT to be told or find out a piece of information 听说，被告知，得知 I heard a rumor that he was getting married soon. 我听到传闻，说他马上要结婚了。hear (that) I’m so sorry to hear he died. 听说他去世了我很难过。 She’ll be pleased to hear that she can leave hospital tomorrow. 知道明天可以出院，她会很高兴的。hear about Teresa heard about the decision later. 特雷莎后来听说了那个决定。hear of I’ve heard of a job which would be just right for you. 我听说有个工作很适合你。 This was the first I’d heard of any trouble in the area (=I had just heard news of trouble for the first time). 这是我第一次听说该地区发生麻烦。 He was last heard of in Washington (=he was in Washington the last time someone had information about him). 人们最后听到他的消息时他在华盛顿。hear anything/much of somebody/something We don’t hear anything of him these days. 这些日子我们没有听到他的任何消息。so I hear/so I’ve heard spoken (=used to say that you have been told something or know it already) 我已经听说了 There’s a nasty infection going round, so I hear. 我听说最近有一种严重的传染病。hear what/how/who etc Did you hear what happened to Julia? 你有没有听说朱莉娅怎么了？ I’ve heard it said that they met in Italy. 我听说他们是在意大利相识的。4 in court 在法庭上 [transitive]SCTJUDGE to listen to all the facts in a case in a court of law in order to make a legal decision 审理〔案件〕5 have heard of somebody/something KNOW somebodyto know that someone or something exists because they have been mentioned to you before 听说过某人/某物6 not hear the last of somebody PROBLEMused to say that someone will continue to complain about something or cause problems 某人还会投诉；某人还会带来更多麻烦7 you could hear a pin drop QUIETused to emphasize how quiet a place is 〔安静得〕听得见针落地的声音8 hear from somebody phrasal verb 9 hear somebody out phrasal verb LISTENto listen to all of what someone wants to tell you without interrupting them 听〔某人〕说完 SPOKEN PHRASESn GRAMMAR: Using the progressive• In meanings 1,2, and 3, hear is not usually used in the progressive. You say: I heard a strange sound. ✗Don’t say: I was hearing a strange sound.• Hear is often used with can: I could hear a strange sound.• In spoken English, people sometimes say I’m hearing to talk about something they have been told recently, especially more than once: I’ve been hearing some nice things about you.n USAGE: Hear or listen?Don’t confuse hear (=a sound comes into your ears) with listen to (=hear and pay attention to something).You say: You should listen to my advice. ✗Don’t say: You should hear my advice.You say: I lay in bed listening to music. ✗Don’t say: I lay in bed hearing music. THESAURUShear to know that a sound is being made, using your ears 听到,听见There’s no need to shout – I can hear you! 用不着大声喊——我听得见！Voices could be heard in the distance. 能听见远处的说话声。listen to pay attention to something, using your ears 〔注意地〕听I was listening to the news on the car radio. 我在听车载广播播放的新闻。He never listens to anything I say. 不管我说什么他从来都不听。make out to hear something with difficulty 〔勉强〕听出When I got closer, I could make out a human voice. 我走近一些,听出是人的声音。I could just make out what he was saying. 我只能勉强听出他在说些什么。overhear to accidentally hear another person’s conversation 无意中[偶然]听到I overheard her say to her friend that she had lost something. 我无意中听到她对朋友说她丢了东西。catch to hear something that someone says 听到,听见Sorry, I didn’t catch your name. 抱歉,我没听清你的名字。I caught the last few minutes of the programme. 我听到了最后几分钟的节目内容。tune in to listen to a programme – often used in announcements on the radio 收听〔常指广播节目〕Tune in for all the latest news and views from around the world. 敬请收听世界各地的最新新闻与观点。Thousands of people tune in to the show every week. 每周都有数以千计的人收听该节目。naudible adjective loud enough to be heardHer words were clearly audible.an audible whisper→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
hear• "Nina's quit her job." "Yes, so I've heard."• She called after him but he kept on walking and pretended not to hear.• Conservative and radical scientific ideas were disseminated from Paris by naturalists and anatomists returning home inspired by what they had heard.• What would Maya like to hear?• I love to hear a baby laugh like that.• I heard a great new song on the radio.• Suddenly we heard a knock at the door.• I heard a rumor that Katya was coming back.• Sorry, Mary, but I couldn't hear a word you said.• It seems people want to write and hear about bad, negative things.• How did you hear about our company?• He and Richard must have heard about these things but in general they had failed to register.• Grandma doesn't hear as well as she used to.• He heard him speak to some one in the background.• We've heard such a lot about you from our daughter.• Did you hear that noise?• Neighbours heard the child screaming and called the police.• I heard the front door close, and knew that Bob had left for work.• I could have sworn I heard the phone ringing.• Did you hear them announce the result?• Occasional gunshots can still be heard, though no one seems to know who fires the guns and if anyone is hit.• I suppose you've heard what happened.• Jeff, did you hear what I said?• Didn't you hear when I called you?• I hear you're moving to Toronto.• When I hear you talk, Michael, I hear myself at your age.• Say that again -- I didn't hear you.be heard to do something• Fortunately there was order, even though a bomb was heard to drop quite near.• Women around the world were heard to heave a huge sigh of relief.• First one engine powered inflatable was heard to leave the shore in the direction of Guiding Lights.• Can it be by chance that mankind's sacred places are almost always spaces where echoed are heard to particularly good effect?• Here Sancho was heard to remark that he was the equal of a thousand men while Rodrigo was equal to another hundred.• Even some Party functionaries were heard to say that it would be better if Goebbels stopped writing and speaking altogether.hear what• So then Fiver went up and spoke to him very quietly, but I heard what Cowslip answered.• But now he was a Cold War hard-liner, and Joe wanted to hear what he had to say.• All one has to do is send him to the beginning of the track and hear what he has to say.• Listening means putting aside feelings and biases to really hear what is being said.• In addition you can hear what they say and how they say it.• Gabriel hurried up to try to hear what was said, but the door closed in her face.• We want to hear what you have to propose.heard it said• I'd heard it said: she's a lovely singer.• Colt had heard it said that after the war the country's debt was 80 billion dollars.• I've heard it said that animals love you unconditionally.• But I have heard it said that parts of the Rocky Mountains are quite like our Simla.• I have heard it said that they were built by Iron Age men in honour of Megan, a Celtic goddess.• I have heard it said that when bream break surface it is simply to obtain the extra oxygen available there.Origin hear Old English hieranhear verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n USAGE1
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hear
hear S1 W1 /hɪə $ hɪr/
verb (past tense and past participle heard /hɜːd $ hɜːrd/)
Blanche heard a crash as the back door was flung open.
Did anyone see or hear anything last night?
Old Zeke doesn’t hear too well any more.
hear somebody/something doing something
Jenny could hear them arguing outside.
hear somebody do something
She heard Tom go upstairs.
hear what/who etc
I couldn’t hear what they were saying most of the time.
be heard to do something
She didn’t want to be heard to criticize him.
► Do not confuse hear with listen to, which means ‘hear and pay attention to’: You should listen to my advice (NOT You should hear my advice).
2. LISTEN TO SOMEBODY/SOMETHING [transitive not in progressive] to listen to what someone is saying, the music they are playing etc:
Maggie did not wait to hear an answer.
Did you hear that programme on whales the other night?
hear what
I want to hear what the doctor has to say.
I hear what you say/what you’re saying spoken (=used to tell someone that you have listened to their opinion, but do not agree with it)
I hear what you say, but I don’t think we should rush this decision.
3. BE TOLD SOMETHING [intransitive, transitive not usually in progressive] to be told or find out a piece of information:
I heard a rumor that he was getting married soon.
hear (that)
I’m so sorry to hear he died.
She’ll be pleased to hear that she can leave hospital tomorrow.
hear about
Teresa heard about the decision later.
hear of
I’ve heard of a job which would be just right for you.
This was the first I’d heard of any trouble in the area (=I had just heard news of trouble for the first time).
He was last heard of in Washington (=he was in Washington the last time someone had information about him).
hear anything/much of somebody/something
We don’t hear anything of him these days.
so I hear/so I’ve heard spoken (=used to say that you have been told something or know it already)
There’s a nasty infection going round, so I hear.
hear what/how/who etc
Did you hear what happened to Julia?
I’ve heard it said that they met in Italy.
4. IN COURT [transitive] to listen to all the facts in a case in a court of law in order to make a legal decision:
The Supreme Court heard the case on Tuesday.
5. have heard of somebody/something to know that someone or something exists because they have been mentioned to you before:
‘Do you know Jill Marshall?’ ‘No, I’ve never heard of her.’
6. not hear the last of somebody used to say that someone will continue to complain about something or cause problems:
I’ll sue him. He hasn’t heard the last of me yet.
7. you could hear a pin drop used to emphasize how quiet a place is:
You could have heard a pin drop in there. ⇨ unheard of
SPOKEN PHRASES
8. won’t/wouldn’t hear of it used to say that you refuse to agree with a suggestion or proposal:
I said we should go back, but Dennis wouldn’t hear of it.
9. I/he etc will never hear the end of it used to say that someone will continue to talk about something for a long time:
If my Mum finds out, I’ll never hear the end of it.
10. be hearing things to imagine you can hear a sound when really there is no sound:
There’s no one there. I must be hearing things.
11. (do) you hear? used to emphasize that you are giving someone an order and they must obey you:
I want you to leave right now. Do you hear?
12. you can’t hear yourself think used to emphasize how noisy a place is:
Just shut up, Tom. I can’t hear myself think.
13. now hear this! American English old use used to introduce an important official announcement
14. hear! hear! used in a discussion or meeting to say that you agree with what the speaker is saying
15. have you heard the one about ... used when asking someone if they know a joke
16. I’ve heard that one before used when you do not believe someone’s excuse or explanation
17. let's hear it for somebody used to say that someone deserves praise, or to ask people to show their approval of someone by clapping
▪ hear to know that a sound is being made, using your ears: There’s no need to shout – I can hear you! | Voices could be heard in the distance.
▪listen to pay attention to something, using your ears: I was listening to the news on the car radio. | He never listens to anything I say.
▪make out to hear something with difficulty: When I got closer, I could make out a human voice. | I could just make out what he was saying.
▪overhear to accidentally hear another person’s conversation: I overheard her say to her friend that she had lost something.
▪catch to hear something that someone says: Sorry, I didn’t catch your name. | I caught the last few minutes of the programme.
▪tune in to listen to a programme – often used in announcements on the radio: Tune in for all the latest news and views from around the world. | Thousands of people tune in to the show every week.
▪audible adjective loud enough to be heard: Her words were clearly audible. | an audible whisper
hear from somebody phrasal verb [not in progressive]
1. to receive news or information from someone:
Do you ever hear from Jack?
Police want to hear from anyone who has any information.
I look forward to hearing from you (=hope to receive news from you).
2. to listen to someone giving their opinion in a radio or television discussion programme:
a chance to hear from some of the victims of violent crime
hear somebody out phrasal verb [not in passive]
to listen to all of what someone wants to tell you without interrupting them:
Just hear me out, will you?
hear S1 W1 /hɪə $ hɪr/
verb (past tense and past participle heard /hɜːd $ hɜːrd/) Language: Old English
Origin: hieran
1. HEAR SOUNDS/WORDS ETC [intransitive, transitive not in progressive] to know that a sound is being made, using your ears:Origin: hieran
hear somebody/something doing something
hear somebody do something
hear what/who etc
be heard to do something
► Do not confuse hear with listen to, which means ‘hear and pay attention to’: You should listen to my advice (NOT You should hear my advice).
2. LISTEN TO SOMEBODY/SOMETHING [transitive not in progressive] to listen to what someone is saying, the music they are playing etc:
hear what
I hear what you say/what you’re saying spoken (=used to tell someone that you have listened to their opinion, but do not agree with it)
3. BE TOLD SOMETHING [intransitive, transitive not usually in progressive] to be told or find out a piece of information:
hear (that)
hear about
hear of
hear anything/much of somebody/something
so I hear/so I’ve heard spoken (=used to say that you have been told something or know it already)
hear what/how/who etc
4. IN COURT [transitive] to listen to all the facts in a case in a court of law in order to make a legal decision:
5. have heard of somebody/something to know that someone or something exists because they have been mentioned to you before:
6. not hear the last of somebody used to say that someone will continue to complain about something or cause problems:
7. you could hear a pin drop used to emphasize how quiet a place is:
SPOKEN PHRASES
8. won’t/wouldn’t hear of it used to say that you refuse to agree with a suggestion or proposal:
9. I/he etc will never hear the end of it used to say that someone will continue to talk about something for a long time:
10. be hearing things to imagine you can hear a sound when really there is no sound:
11. (do) you hear? used to emphasize that you are giving someone an order and they must obey you:
12. you can’t hear yourself think used to emphasize how noisy a place is:
13. now hear this! American English old use used to introduce an important official announcement
14. hear! hear! used in a discussion or meeting to say that you agree with what the speaker is saying
15. have you heard the one about ... used when asking someone if they know a joke
16. I’ve heard that one before used when you do not believe someone’s excuse or explanation
17. let's hear it for somebody used to say that someone deserves praise, or to ask people to show their approval of someone by clapping
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hear from somebody phrasal verb [not in progressive]
1. to receive news or information from someone:
2. to listen to someone giving their opinion in a radio or television discussion programme:
hear somebody out phrasal verb [not in passive]
to listen to all of what someone wants to tell you without interrupting them:
