1part of the body身體器官ADJECTIVE | VERB + EAR | EAR + VERB | EAR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤left, right左耳;右耳▸➤inner, middle內耳;中耳➤external, outer外耳▸➤big, large大耳朵▸➤long長耳朵◇a rabbit with long floppy ears耷拉着長耳朵的兔子➤pointed, pointy尖耳朵▸➤floppy下垂的耳朵➤pierced打了耳洞的耳朵▸➤torn被撕裂的耳朵◇Blood from his torn ear was soaking his collar.他被撕裂的耳朵流出的血浸濕了衣領。➤listening偷聽的耳朵◇In the silence everyone seemed to be aware of listening ears.在寂靜中,大家似乎都覺得有人在偷聽。➤sensitive敏銳的耳朵◇Blackbirds have such sensitive ears that they can hear a worm moving beneath soil three feet away.烏鶇的耳朵非常敏銳,連三英尺之外地下有蟲子蠕動都能聽得到。➤human人耳◇Dogs can hear things that human ears can't hear.狗能聽到人耳聽不到的聲音。➤attentive, open, receptive, sympathetic願意傾聽的人◇Even if my fears were silly, he always had an open ear.即使我的擔心挺傻的,他也總是願意傾聽。◇She did not like the plan, as she made clear every time she found a receptive ear (= sb willing to listen).她不喜歡這個方案,每當有人願意聽她講時,她都要說明這一點。◇She always provided a sympathetic ear for students with problems.她總是同情地聽取遇到問題的學生的傾訴。➤modern現代人的耳朵◇Some of the words used in 18th-century writing sound strange to modern ears.18 世紀作品中使用的某些詞彙,現代人聽起來會覺得有點兒奇怪。➤Western西方人的耳朵◇Chinese music uses a scale that is unfamiliar to Western ears.中國音樂使用的音階,西方人聽起來有點兒陌生。VERB + EAR➤plug, stop塞住耳朵;捂住耳朵◇He plugged his ears to drown out the music.他塞住耳朵以免受音樂干擾。◇At first I stopped my ears to what I did not want to hear.起初我對不想聽的話捂住耳朵不聽。➤block, close, cover, shut充耳不聞;置之不理◇The music was so loud I had to cover my ears.音樂聲太響,我不得不用手捂住耳朵。➤strain伸長耳朵◇I strained my ears to catch the conversation in the other room.我豎起耳朵仔細聽另一個房間裏的談話。➤cock, prick up豎起耳朵◇The dog pricked up its ears.狗豎起了耳朵。➤flatten, lay back, pin back, put back使耳朵平貼;使耳朵向後斜◇A horse may show annoyance by putting its ears back.馬會向後斜耳朵以表示惱怒。➤flick, twitch抖動/抽動耳朵◇The horse lifted its head and flicked its ears.馬抬起頭,抖了抖耳朵。➤nibble, nibble on, nuzzle輕咬耳朵;用鼻子輕蹭耳朵◇She nibbled on his ear.她輕輕地咬他的耳朵。➤pierce穿耳孔◇I've just had my ears pierced.我剛穿了耳洞。➤clean, clean out, syringe (BrE) 清理耳朵;用注射器清洗耳朵◇He could hear much better after having his ears cleaned out.清洗過耳朵之後,他聽得清楚多了。➤echo in, pound in, ring in在耳邊回響◇The voices buzzing all around echoed in her ears.周圍嗡嗡的說話聲一直在她耳邊回響。◇My heart was pounding in my ears.我能聽到自己的心在怦怦地跳。◇He went home with the teacher's warning ringing in his ears.回家的路上,老師的警告一直在他耳邊縈繞。➤fill, flood灌滿耳朵◇The sound of the blast filled my ears.爆炸聲震得我耳朵嗡嗡直響。➤assault, greet, hit, meet, strike襲向耳朵;衝擊耳朵;撞擊耳朵◇A blast of punk rock music assaulted her ears.突然迸發的一陣朋克搖滾樂衝擊着她的耳朵。➤reach傳到耳朵裏◇If news of the break-in reaches the boss's ears, we're in trouble.如果非法入室的事情傳到老闆的耳朵裏,我們就麻煩了。➤hurt耳朵疼◇The music was so loud that it hurt my ears.音樂聲太響,震得我耳朵疼。 ➤hiss in, whisper (sth) in在耳邊發出噝噝聲/竊竊私語➤shout in, yell in衝着耳朵大吼➤press把耳朵貼向◇He pressed his ear to the door, but heard nothing.他把耳朵貼到門上,但是什麼也聽不到。EAR + VERB➤catch sth, detect sth, hear sth, pick sth up耳朵捕捉到⋯/辨別出⋯/聽到⋯/聽出⋯◇When the notes are played so close together the ear hears no space between them.演奏得很緊湊時,聽不出音符之間的間隔。➤prick, prick up, twitch耳朵豎起來;耳朵抽動了一下◇His ears pricked up when he heard his name mentioned.聽到自己的名字時,他的耳朵豎了起來。➤tell sb sth耳朵聽出名堂◇She couldn't see, but her ears told her that the guards had arrived.她雖然看不見,但是能聽得出衞兵已經到了。➤be alert, listen耳朵提高警覺;耳朵聽◇He waited in the darkness, his ears alert for the slightest sound.他在黑暗中等着,警醒地聆聽着最細微的聲音。◇Her ears listened expectantly.她滿懷期待地聽着。➤strain耳朵伸長◇She stood outside the room, her ears straining to hear what they were saying.她站在房間外豎起耳朵聽他們在說什麼。➤pop耳朵脹痛◇If you swallow as the plane takes off, it stops your ears from popping.在飛機起飛時做吞咽的動作可以防止耳朵脹痛。➤ring耳鳴◇The explosion set my ears ringing.爆炸震得我耳朵嗡嗡直響。➤ache, hurt, pound耳痛➤redden耳朵變紅◇Christopher felt his ears reddening.克里斯托弗覺得他的耳朵在發熱。➤stick out耳朵凸出◇He has really big ears that stick out.他有一對大招風耳。EAR + NOUN➤canal, drum, lobe耳道;鼓膜;耳垂▸➤infection, problem耳朵感染;耳疾▸➤wax (usually earwax)耳垢➤drops耳朵滴劑▸➤plug(usually earplug) , protector耳塞;耳朵保護裝置➤protection護耳▸➤flap, muffs (usually earmuffs)(帽上可放下護耳禦寒的)帽耳;耳套◇She put on her earmuffs and went out into the snow.她戴上耳套頂着風雪出去了。◇a big hat with ear flaps有帽耳的大帽子➤buds, phones, piece, set (usually earbuds, earphones, etc.)耳機;耳塞◇I love my portable music player, but I hate earbuds.我喜歡我的便攜式音樂播放器,但討厭耳塞。➤tag耳置標籤◇Each animal receives an individual ear tag.每隻動物都有一個單獨的耳標。➤piercing耳孔◇He had three ear piercings.他穿了三個耳朵眼。➤cuff全耳式耳夾➡ see also earringPREPOSITION➤in your ear在耳邊◇'Taxi?' said a voice in my ear.“坐出租車嗎?”我耳邊響起了一個聲音。PHRASES➤be all ears全神貫注地聽◇Come on, tell me, I'm all ears (= I want to hear).快告訴我吧,我想聽。➤beam, grin, smile, etc. from ear to ear咧嘴笑◇He was beaming from ear to ear.他笑得合不攏嘴。➤bend sb's ear (= talk a lot to someone about something)對着某人的耳朵說個沒完◇She bent my ear about it for three days.就這件事,她對着我嘮叨了三天。➤can't believe your ears不能相信自己的耳朵◇She actually apologized. I couldn't believe my ears!她居然道歉了,我真不敢相信自己的耳朵!➤catch sb's ear引起某人的注意◇A small noise caught his ear.一個很小的聲音引起了他的注意。➤clap, hold, put, etc. your hands over your ears捂住耳朵◇She put her hands over her ears to block out what he was saying.她用手捂住耳朵,不聽他說的話。➤(have) a word in sb's ear (especially BrE) 悄悄地和某人說◇Have a quiet word in her ear about it before it's too late.悄悄把事情告訴她,不然就太晚了。➤sb's ears are burning (= a person thinks that someone is talking about them)某人的耳朵發熱(認為有人在議論自己)◇'We were talking about you last night.' 'I thought my ears were burning.'“我們昨晚在談論你。”“我說怎麼老覺得自己的耳朵發熱呢。”➤fall on deaf ears(所說的話)被別人忽視◇Their complaints about the poor service fell on deaf ears (= were ignored).他們投訴服務太差,卻沒有人回應。➤for sb's ears alone只說給某人聽◇I have a few words for your ears alone.我有幾句話只說給你聽。➤keep an ear open, keep your ears open留心聽;密切注意◇I'll keep my eyes and ears open for a second-hand bike for you.我會為你留心哪兒有二手自行車的。➤lend an ear (= listen to what someone is saying)傾聽◇He was always willing to lend an ear.他總是樂於傾聽。➤music to sb's ears某人覺得悅耳的音樂◇He arrived home hungry, and the noise from the kitchen was music to his ears.他餓着肚子到了家,廚房裏的聲音對他來說就像悅耳的音樂。➤go in one ear and out the other一個耳朵進,一個耳朵出◇I knew that my words were going in one ear and out the other (= the person wasn't listening to what I was saying).我知道他把我說的都當耳邊風。➤have sb's ear跟某人說得上話◇This was the woman who had the ear of the President(= was trusted by him / her).這就是那個能跟總統說得上話的女人。➤talk sb's ear off喋喋不休說得人煩◇I'm sorry for talking your ear off(= talking a lot).我很抱歉,沒完沒了地跟你嘮叨了半天。➤turn a deaf ear to sth對⋯充耳不聞◇The teacher turned a deaf ear to the boy's requests (= ignored them).老師對這個男孩的請求充耳不聞。➤with half an ear不很注意聽◇He listened to her with only half an ear as he watched TV.他在看電視,並沒很注意聽她講話。ear
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2ability to recognize sounds聽覺ADJECTIVE | VERB + EAR | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤fine, good, keen, sharp敏銳的聽力;靈敏的聽覺◇He has a keen ear for dialogue.他熱衷於聽別人談話。◇His sharp ears had picked up the uncertainty in her voice.他敏銳地覺察出她聲音中的猶豫。➤trained, untrained受過訓練的/沒受過訓練的耳朵◇To the trained ear the calls of these birds sound quite different.對於受過訓練的耳朵而言,這些鳥的叫聲十分不同。VERB + EAR➤have有聽覺➤attune使某人的耳朵適應⋯◇It takes time to attune your ear to the local accent.要過一段時間才能聽得懂當地的口音。PREPOSITION➤by ear靠耳朵◇She usually plays the guitar by ear, rather than reading the music.他通常憑記憶來彈吉他,而不是靠看樂譜。➤ear for耳朵對⋯的辨別力◇He has a good ear for accents and can usually tell where a speaker comes from.他對口音有靈敏的辨別力,通常能聽出講話人來自哪兒。PHRASES➤have a tin ear for sth (especially NAmE) 聽覺不靈◇She has a tin ear for melody (= does not appreciate it).她完全沒有樂感。