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

    e.g. He whispered something in her ear...
           他在她耳邊低聲說(shuō)了些什么。
    e.g. I'm having my ears pierced.
           我打算穿耳洞。

2. 辨音力;靈敏的聽(tīng)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.

    e.g. Moby certainly has a fine ear for a tune...
           莫比無(wú)疑具有很好的樂(lè)感。
    e.g. An ear for foreign languages is advantageous.
           能夠聽(tīng)懂外語(yǔ)是種優(yōu)勢(shì)。

3. 傾聽(tīng)
    Ear is often used to refer to people's willingness to listen to what someone is saying.

    e.g. What would cause the masses to give him a far more sympathetic ear?...
           怎樣才能使民眾以更加體諒的心態(tài)傾聽(tīng)他的話呢？
    e.g. They had shut their eyes and ears to everything.
           他們對(duì)一切都視而不見(jiàn)，充耳不聞。

4. （谷類(lèi)作物的）穗
    The ears of a cereal plant such as wheat or barley are the parts at the top of the stem, which contain the seeds or grains.

ear的近義詞

5. . 洗耳恭聽(tīng);全神貫注地聽(tīng)
    If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen

6. （尤指讓人惱火地）纏住…喋喋不休
    If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this.

    e.g. He was fed up with people bending his ear about staying on at school.
           人們一個(gè)勁兒地跟他說(shuō)要繼續(xù)留在學(xué)校念書(shū)，這讓他煩透了。

7. （作為懲戒）打（孩子）的一側(cè)頭
    If someone boxes a child's ears, they hit them on the side of their head as a punishment.

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8. (要求)未被理睬，不被聽(tīng)取/(某人對(duì)要求)不予理睬，充耳不聞
    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.

ear在線翻譯

    e.g. I hope that our appeals will not fall on deaf ears...
           我希望我們的呼吁不會(huì)沒(méi)人理睬。
    e.g. He has turned a resolutely deaf ear to American demands for action.
           他對(duì)美國(guó)提出的行動(dòng)要求完全不理不睬。

9. 關(guān)注事態(tài)；注意動(dòng)向
    If you keep or have your ear to the ground, you make sure that you find out about the things that people are doing or saying.

    e.g. Jobs in manufacturing are relatively scarce but I keep my ear to the ground.
           制造業(yè)的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)相對(duì)很少，但是我時(shí)刻留意著信息。

10. 心不在焉;似聽(tīng)非聽(tīng)
    If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.

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11. (認(rèn)真而同情地)傾聽(tīng)
      If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.

      e.g. They are always willing to lend an ear and offer what advice they can.
             他們總是愿意認(rèn)真傾聽(tīng)并盡量提出建議。

12. 左耳進(jìn)，右耳出;聽(tīng)過(guò)即忘
      If you say that something goes in one ear and out the other, you mean that someone pays no attention to it, or forgets about it immediately.

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      e.g. That rubbish goes in one ear and out the other.
             那種廢話都是左耳進(jìn)，右耳出。

13. 突然被解雇;突然被趕走
      If someone says that you will be out on your ear, they mean that you will be forced to leave a job, an organization or a place suddenly.

ear是什么意思

      e.g. We never objected. We'd have been out on our ears looking for another job if we had.
             我們從未反對(duì)過(guò)，如果我們真的反對(duì)，早就被掃地出門(mén)，另謀高就了。

14. （不看樂(lè)譜而）憑記憶演奏(樂(lè)曲)
      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.

ear的翻譯

      e.g. Neil played, by ear, the music he'd heard his older sister practicing.
             尼爾憑著記憶彈奏他曾聽(tīng)到姐姐練習(xí)時(shí)彈的曲子。

15. 見(jiàn)機(jī)行事;隨機(jī)應(yīng)變
      If you play it by ear, you decide what to say or do in a situation by responding to events rather than by following a plan which you have decided on in advance.

16. 深陷于;深深卷入；埋頭于
      If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.

ear的反義詞

      e.g. 'Why don't you come with me?' — 'I can't. I'm up to my ears in reports.'...
             “怎么不跟我一起來(lái)呀？”——“不行，我忙著寫(xiě)報(bào)告呢?！?br />      e.g. He was desperate. He was in debt up to his ears.
             他負(fù)債累累，走投無(wú)路。

17. to make a pig's ear of -> see pig
      music to your ears -> see music
      wet behind the ears -> see wet