新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

ear

英  [ɪə]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • ears

    1[C 可数名词] 耳朵

    Your ears are the two parts of your body, one on each side of your head, with which you hear sounds.

    双语例句

    例:

    He whispered something in her ear.

    他在她耳边低声说了些什么。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 辨音力

    If you have an ear for music or language, you are able to hear its sounds accurately and to interpret them or reproduce them well.

    双语例句

    例:

    Moby certainly has a fine ear for a tune.

    莫比对音调的分辨能力一定很强。

    3[C 可数名词] 倾听

    Ear is often used to refer to people's willingness to listen to what someone is saying.

    双语例句

    例:

    What would cause the masses to give him a far more sympathetic ear?

    什么才能使大众更富同情心地听他诉说呢?

    4[C 可数名词]

    The ears of a cereal plant such as corn or barley are the parts at the top of the stem that contain the seeds or grains.

    双语例句

    例:

    American farmers use machines to pick the ears of corn from the plants.

    美国农民使用机器收割谷穗。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • fall on deaf ears , turn a deaf ear

    1不理会

    If a request falls on deaf ears or if the person to whom the request is made turns a deaf ear to it, they take no notice of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    I hope that our appeals will not fall on deaf ears.

    我希望我们的请求不会没人理睬。

  • play by ear

    1凭记忆演奏

    If you play by ear or play a piece of music by ear, you play music by relying on your memory rather than by reading printed music.

    双语例句

    例:

    Neil sat at the piano and began playing, by ear, the music he'd heard his older sister practising.

    尼尔坐在钢琴边,凭着记忆开始演奏曾听他姐姐练习时弹的曲子。

  • have a tin ear

    1无鉴赏力

    If you say that someone has a tin earfor something, you mean that they do not have any natural ability for it and cannot appreciate or understand it fully.

    双语例句

    例:

    Worst of all, for a playwright specializing in characters who use the vernacular, he has a tin ear for dialogue.

    最糟的是,作为一个专门刻画使用方言人物的剧作家,他在对话方面没有鉴赏力。