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middle ear

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌmiddle ˈear noun [singular]  HBHthe part just inside your ear 中耳 inner ear
Examples from the Corpus
middle earThree rats in the low fibre diet group suffered from middle ear infections and were removed from the study.When the cause of deafness is not solely in the outer and/or middle ear, high frequencies are likely to be affected.Mean hearing thresholds are related mainly to the presence or absence of fluid in the middle ear.An inflammation in the middle ear called otitis media can cause temporary or even permanent hearing loss.In fact, an ear infection alone can cause sudden severe pain as fluid builds up in the middle ear.Microtympanometry, a sensitive method of diagnosing effusions of the middle ear, could help them in this.Vibrations or sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate and these vibrations move through the middle ear to the inner ear.There is further evidence that untreated middle ear disease in childhood may have permanent effects.
ˌmiddle ˈear nounChineseSyllable
just the part your ear Corpus inside


middle ear
ˌmiddle ˈear noun [singular]
the part just inside your ear ⇨ inner ear


middle earBrE /ˌmɪdl ˈɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪdl ˈɪr/ 🔊 noun [singular] the part of the ear behind the eardrum, containing the little bones that transfer sound vibrations 中耳