hear
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they hear | |
he / she / it hears | |
past simple heard | |
past participle heard | |
-ing form hearing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
(not used in the progressive tenses )不用於進行時 to be aware of sounds with your ears 聽見;聽到 I can't hear very well. 我聽覺不太好。 - hear something/somebody
He heard a noise and went to investigate. 他聽到一個聲音,就去調查了。 She could hear voices in the kitchen. 她能聽到廚房裏的聲音。 I could hear the sound of traffic in the background. 我能聽到背景中交通的聲音。 She heard footsteps behind her. 她聽到背後有腳步聲。 I couldn’t hear anything. 我什麽都聽不見。 to hear a scream/a cry/a shot/an explosion 聽到尖叫聲/哭聲/槍聲/爆炸聲 - hear somebody/something doing something
He could hear a dog barking. 他聽得到狗叫。 - hear somebody/something do something
Did you hear him go out? 你聽到他出去了嗎? I heard a car drive off. 我聽到一輛車開走了。 - hear what…
Didn't you hear what I said? 難道你沒有聽到我的話? - somebody/something is heard to do something
She has been heard to make threats to her former lover. 有人聽見她威脅她先前的戀人。
Homophones hear | herehear here- hear verb
I can't hear you—the signal is very bad. 我聽不見你說話——信號很差。
- here adverb
We don't need to move—we can see it all from here! 我們不需要移動——我們可以從這裏看到一切!
Extra Examples‘Sheep?’ It sounded so unlikely that Sally did not think she could have heard correctly. “綿羊?”薩莉覺得太不可能,甚至以爲自己聽錯了。 Can you hear me clearly at the back? 你們在後面能聽清我說話嗎? Distantly he heard the report of another gun. 他遠遠地聽到了又一聲槍響。 I could just hear the music in the distance. 我隐約聽到遠處有音樂聲。 You'd better not let Dad hear you say that. 你這話最好不要讓爸爸聽見。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- well
- barely
- …
- can
- pretend not to
- strain to
- …
- [transitive]
(not used in the progressive tenses )不用於進行時 to listen or pay attention to somebody/something 聽;注意聽;傾聽 - hear something
Did you hear that play on the radio last night? 你昨晚收聽了那出廣播劇嗎? He knows that the crowd wants to hear those songs. 他知道群衆想聽那些歌。 Langgard's music is rarely heard outside Denmark. 蘭加德的音樂在丹麥以外很少聽到。 to hear both sides of the argument 聽取爭論雙方的意見 - hear somebody/something/yourself do something
Be quiet—I can't hear myself think! (= it is so noisy that I can't think clearly) 安靜點,我都給吵昏頭了! Have you ever heard him lecture? 你聽過他講課嗎? - hear what…
We'd better hear what they have to say. 我們最好還是聽聽他們有什麽話要說。
Extra ExamplesLet's hear you sing, then. 那麽,讓我們聽你唱歌吧。 a chance to hear the first movement again 再次聽到第一樂章的機會 Election events offer voters a chance to hear the candidates speak. 選舉活動爲選民提供了一個聽候選人發言的機會。
- hear something
- [intransitive, transitive]
(not usually used in the progressive tenses )通常不用於進行時 to be told about something 聽說;得知 Haven't you heard? She resigned. 你還沒聽說嗎?她辭職了。 ‘I'm getting married.’ ‘So I've heard.’ “我要結婚了。” “我聽說了。” Things are going well from what I hear. 從我所聽到的來看,事情進展不錯。 - hear about somebody/something
I was sorry to hear about your accident. 獲悉你遇到意外,我很難過。 Come on! I want to hear all about it. 加油!我想聽聽一切。 Wait till he hears about this. 等他聽到這個再說。 I've heard about people like you. 我聽說過像你這樣的人。 - hear something
We had heard nothing for weeks. 我們好幾個星期都沒得到任何消息了。 to hear a story/rumour/report 聽到一個故事/謠言/報道 When I heard the news, I was devastated. 當我聽到這個消息時,我崩潰了。 I was delighted to hear your good news. 得知你的好消息我很高興。 - hear (that)…
I was surprised to hear (that) he was married. 聽說他結婚了,我很驚訝。 I hear you've been away this weekend. 我聽說你這個周末外出了。 - hear it said (that)…
I’ve heard it said (that) they met in Italy. 我聽說他們是在意大利認識的。 - hear what, how, etc…
Did you hear what happened? 你聽說發生什麽事了嗎? We are waiting to hear what the lawyers have to say. 我們在等着聽律師們說些什麽。
Extra ExamplesWe are hearing talk of civil war. 我們聽到了内戰的說法。 I told Michael what he wanted to hear. 我對邁克爾說了些他想聽的話。 I was delighted to hear about your promotion. 聽到你提升的消息,我很高興。 I've heard about this sort of thing before. 我以前聽說過這種事。 We hear very little about these issues nowadays. 這些話題我們現在很少聽人說起了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hear- be delighted to
- be glad to
- be gratified to
- …
- about
- of
- hear little, a lot, nothing, etc. about something
- [transitive] hear something
to listen to and judge a case in court Topics Law and justicec1審理;聽審
Word OriginOld English hīeran, hēran, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hooren and German hören.
Idioms
be seeing/hearing things
- (informal, humorous)
to imagine that you can see or hear something that is in fact not there 産生幻覺
have you heard the one about…?
used to ask somebody if they have heard a particular joke before 你聽說過(某笑話)嗎?
hear! hear!
used to show that you agree with or approve of what somebody has just said, especially during a speech Topics Opinion and argumentc2(表示贊同,尤指在聽演講時)對!對!
hear/see the last of somebody/something
hear tell (of something)
I hear what you're saying
I’ve heard it all before
- (informal)
used to say that you do not really believe somebody’s promises or excuses because they are the same ones you have heard before (表示不相信某人的許諾或辯解)這種話我聽得多了
the last I heard
let’s hear it for…
make your voice heard
to express your feelings, opinions, etc. in a way that makes people notice and consider them (爲引起他人注意)發表意見,表達感情 The programme gives ordinary viewers a chance to make their voices heard. 這個節目給普通觀衆一個表達自己意見的機會。 a society in which individuals are able to make their voices heard 一個人人都能夠發表意見的社會
not/never hear the end of it
you could hear a pin drop
(do) you hear (me)?