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词汇 ear
释义
ear
noun
1
a citizens' band radio antenna US, 1976.
2
a person who is not a part of the criminal underworld but who reports what he hears to those who are US, 1964.
3
a police officer SOUTH AFRICA, 1973.
4
on a playing card, a bent corner used by a cheat to identify the card US, 1950. keep your ear to the ground; have your ear to the groundto be alert to whatever is happening UK, 1920. on your ear1. easily UK, 1956.2. extremely drunk IRELAND, 1991
idiomeardon't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining don't piss on my back and tell me it's rainingbend sb's earto talk to someone for a long time, especially when this is annoying or boring for them:A lot of people have been bending my ear about this plan of yours to open a restaurant in the park. Gordon spent hours bending anyone's ear who would listen about his beautiful new baby daughter.an ear (for sth)the ability to easily understand everything about music, language etc and the way it sounds, and to sing, play, write, or speak it well :Martin Mull is a fine guitarist with a good ear for jazz.A good writer must first develop an ear for the rhythms of speech.give sb a thick ear BrEBrEspoken to hit someone, often used humorously:Stop mucking about, you two, or I might have to give you both a thick ear.get a thick ear: In those days you got a thick ear if you were cheeky.sth goes in one ear and out the otherspoken used in order to say that when you tell someone something, they pay no attention or do not remember it:If you tell lads how to play football, instead of showing them, it just goes in one ear and straight out the other.I called them yesterday and explained exactly what I wanted, but obviously it all went in one ear and out the other.have sb's earto be listened to by someone in a powerful position, so that they are willing to support you and pay attention to your advice, opinions etc:Paral said that minority groups had to get the ear of the President if they wanted to be taken seriously.The Citizens' Symphony Committee is a group of men and women in business who claim to have the ear of wealthy donors whose money could revive the symphony.keep/have an ear out for sth(also keep/have an ear cocked (for sth))to listen carefully so that you do not miss something that you are expecting to happen:I'm just going out for a few minutes - can you keep an ear out for the postman?She kept an ear cocked for the sound of Joe's key in the front door.keep your/an ear to the groundto be sure that you find out what people are saying and thinking about a situation that you are involved in, especially so that nobody gains an advantage over you:I want everyone to keep their ears to the ground; we can't afford to have Benson's attorneys producing any surprises at the trial.Smith was a politician who liked to keep an ear close to the ground, rather than spending all his time at party headquarters.lend an earto give someone the opportunity to tell you their ideas, feelings etc, especially if no one else will listen to them:An important part of a family doctor's job is to lend a sympathetic ear to patients who just want to talk.Every month Mayor Dudley opens his office doors to lend an ear to ordinary citizens for an hour or so.listen with half an earto listen to someone while thinking about something else:I spend all day listening with half an ear to the radio, hoping to get some news about the situation.Victor lit a cigarette and listened with half an ear, amused by the girls' chatter.make a pig's ear of sth BrEBrEspoken to do a piece of work so badly that it is useless:Last time I tried to cut someone's hair I made a complete pig's ear of it.Mark's made a pig's ear of the decorating - there's paint all over the carpet!be out on your earleave a job or organization to be forced to leave a job, an organization, or your home, especially because you have done something wrong:If the sergeant caught us entertaining members of the opposite sex in our rooms, we would be out on our ears in no time at all.Polenski knew that the moment his criminal conviction became known to the government he would have been out on his ear.play sth by earspoken to react to a situation as it happens, because you do not know how it is going to change or develop:When asked whether the President's health would stand up to the trip, Mandela's press secretary said, "We'll have to play it by ear.""What are you doing tonight?" "I don't know - we're playing it by ear and waiting to find out if Rachel's coming or not."set sth on its ear AmEAmEif a person or their achievement sets a place, organization, or group of people on its ear, what they have done gets lots of excited attention and interest:Farrakhan, one of the country's most famous civil rights leaders, set the crowd at the music festival on its ear by picking up a violin and playing two classical pieces. This computer will not set the industry on its ear, but it does have some new features that should interest our customers.be smiling/grinning from ear to earto have a big smile on your face because you are very pleased or amused:The artist was photographed next to her prize-winning sculpture, smiling from ear to ear.He grinned from ear to ear as he watched us try to catch a fish.a tin ear (for sth)when you are unable to judge what music, poetry etc is good, and what is bad:Jones has a tin ear for dialogue, and the actors were clearly uncomfortable with his script.Only someone with a tin ear and no sense of humour could fail to enjoy this concert.turn a deaf ear (to sth)to refuse to listen to what someone is asking or telling you:Over fifty percent of office workers felt that their employers would turn a deaf ear if they complained of sexual harassment.The Prime Minister has turned a deaf ear to opposition demands that he should call an early election. —compare fall on deaf ears
See:
  • (as) cute as a bug's ear
  • (one) can't believe (one's) ears
  • (one's) ears are burning
  • (one's) ears are red
  • (one's) ears are ringing
  • (someone's) ears are flapping
  • a box on the ear
  • a flea in (one's) ear
  • a flea in ear
  • a flea in your ear
  • a word in (one's) ear
  • a word in someone's ear
  • about (one's) ears
  • all ears
  • all ears, to be
  • all eyes and ears
  • are your ears burning?
  • around (one's) ears
  • assault the ear
  • autem prickear
  • be all ears
  • be easy on the ear
  • be grinning from ear to ear
  • be music to (one's) ears
  • be music to your ears
  • be not much between the ears
  • be out on (one's) ear
  • be out on your ear
  • be up to (one's) ears in (something)
  • be up to your ears in something
  • beam/grin/smile from ear to ear
  • believe (one's) ears
  • believe ears
  • believe one's ears
  • bend (one's) ear
  • bend ear
  • bend somebody's ear
  • bend someone's ear
  • bend someone's ear, to
  • between the/(one's) ears
  • between your ears
  • blow it out your ear
  • Blow it out your ear!
  • box (one's) ears
  • box somebody's ears
  • bring (something) (down) about (one's) ears
  • bring something about your ears
  • by ear
  • can (do something) on (one's) ear
  • can't make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
  • can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
  • clip over the ear
  • close (one's) ears to (someone or something)
  • cloth ears
  • cock (one's) ear
  • cock an ear at (someone or something)
  • cock an ear/eye at somebody/something
  • cock an eye at (someone or something)
  • cock your ear
  • come to (one's) ears
  • come to/reach somebody's ears
  • coming out of (one's) ears
  • coming out of ears
  • coming out of one’s ears
  • coming out of one's ears
  • cute as a bug's ear
  • cute as a button
  • do not hang noodles on my ears
  • dog-ear
  • donkey's ears
  • dry behind the ears
  • ear candy
  • ear hustle
  • ear hustler
  • ear hustling
  • ear to the ground
  • ear to the ground, have one's
  • ear to the ground, to have/keep an
  • ear tunnel
  • ear-duster
  • ears are burning, one's
  • ears are flapping
  • ears must be burning
  • easy on the ear
  • easy on the eye
  • easy on the eye, ear, etc.
  • elephant ear
  • elephant ears
  • fall on deaf ears
  • fall on deaf ears, to
  • Fields have eyes, and woods have ears
  • flea in his ear
  • flea in one's ear, a
  • flea in one's ear, to have a
  • flea in the ear
  • get (one's) ears lowered
  • get (one's) ears pinned back
  • get (one's) ears set out
  • get a thick ear
  • get ears pinned back
  • get ears set out
  • give (one) a thick ear
  • give an ear (to one)
  • give ear to
  • give ear to (someone or something)
  • give somebody/get a thick ear
  • give someone a thick ear
  • go blow it out your ear
  • Go blow it out your ear!
  • go in one ear and out the other
  • grin from ear to ear
  • hardly dry behind the ears
  • have (one's) ear
  • have (one's) ears lowered
  • have (someone or something) by the ears
  • have (something) coming out of (one's) ears
  • have a tin ear
  • have a wolf by the ears
  • have a word in (one's) ear
  • have a word in somebody's ear
  • have a word in someone's ear
  • have a/the wolf by the ear(s)
  • have an ear for
  • have an ear for (something)
  • have an ear for something
  • have an ear to the ground
  • have an/(one's) ear close to the ground
  • have an/(one's) ear to the ground
  • have big ears
  • have half an ear on (someone or something)
  • have nothing between the/(one's) ears
  • have somebody's ear
  • have someone's ear
  • have something by the ears
  • have something coming out of your ears
  • have steam coming out of (one's) ears
  • have steam coming out of your ears
  • have the ear of (one)
  • have the ear of someone
  • have the right sow by the ear
  • his, her, etc. ears are burning
  • his, her, etc. ears are flapping
  • hold a wolf by the ears
  • I’m all ears
  • I'm all ears
  • I'm listening
  • in a pig's ear
  • In a pig's eye!
  • in earshot
  • in one ear and out the other
  • incline (one's) ear
  • incline your ear
  • jug ears
  • keep an ear out (for someone or something)
  • keep an ear to the ground
  • keep an/(one's) ear close to the ground
  • keep an/(one's) ear to the ground
  • keep your ear to the ground
  • keep/have an/your ear to the ground
  • lend (one's) ear to (someone or something)
  • lend (someone) (one's) ear
  • lend an ear
  • lend an ear (to one)
  • lend an ear to
  • lend one's ear
  • lend one's ear, to
  • like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow
  • like trying to scratch your ear with your elbow
  • listen (to someone or something) with half an ear
  • listen with half an ear
  • Little pitchers have big ears
  • little pitchers have long ears
  • lower (one's) ears
  • lower ears
  • make (someone's) ears burn
  • make a pig's ear of
  • make a pig's ear of (something)
  • make a pig's ear of something
  • make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
  • make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
  • mickey mouse ears
  • music to (one's) ears
  • music to ears
  • music to one's ears
  • music to your ears
  • nail (one's) ears back
  • nail ears back
  • not believe (one's) ears
  • not believe (one's) eyes
  • not believe ears
  • not believe your eyes/ears
  • not dry behind the ears
  • not have much between the ears
  • one's ears are red
  • one's ears are ringing
  • out on (one's) ear
  • out on one's ear
  • out on your ear
  • perk up (one's) ears
  • pin back (one's) ears
  • pin back your ears
  • pin ears back
  • pin someone’s ears back
  • pin someone's ears back
  • pin your ears back
  • play by ear
  • play it by ear
  • play it by ear, to
  • play something by ear
  • pound (one's) ear
  • pound ear
  • pound one’s ear
  • preach to deaf ears
  • prick (one's) ears up
  • prick up (one's) ears
  • prick up ears
  • prick up its ears
  • prick up one's ears
  • prick up one's ears, to
  • prick up your ears
  • pull in (one's) ears
  • pull in ears
  • put a bug in (one's) ear
  • put a bug in ear
  • put a bug in someone's ear
  • reach (one's) ears
  • ring in (one's) ears
  • ring in (one's) head
  • ring in ears
  • ring in your ears
  • ring in your ears/head
  • send (one) away with a flea in (one's) ear
  • send someone away with a flea in their ear
  • set (someone) by the ears
  • set by the ears
  • shut (one's) ears to (someone or something)
  • shut/close your ears to somebody/something
  • sloshed to the ears
  • smile from ear to ear
  • someone's ears are burning
  • someone's ears are flapping
  • Spock ears
  • stewed to the ears
  • stewed to the gills
  • stop (one's) ears
  • stop your ears
  • talk (one's) ear(s) off
  • talk ear off
  • talk somebody's ear off
  • talk someone’s ear off
  • talk someone's arm off
  • the mind's ear
  • the walls have ears
  • throw one out on one’s ear
  • throw out on ear
  • tin ear
  • turn (something) on its ear
  • turn a blind eye/deaf ear, to
  • turn a deaf ear
  • turn a deaf ear (to someone or something)
  • up on (one's) ear
  • up to (one's) ears (in something)
  • up to (one's) ears in (something)
  • up to (one's) ears in debt
  • up to ears
  • up to neck
  • up to one’s ears
  • up to one’s eyeballs
  • up to one's ears
  • up to one's ears/eyes/eyebrows, to be
  • up to your ears
  • up to your ears in
  • up to your ears in debt
  • use your head for more than a hatrack
  • virgin ears
  • Walls have ears
  • walls have ears, the
  • Were your ears burning?
  • wet behind the ears
  • wet behind the ears, (still)
  • whisper sweet nothings in (one's) ear
  • with a flea in your ear
  • within earshot
  • You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
  • you can't make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
  • you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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