Ear
[ɪə] or [ɪr]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
(noun.) good hearing; 'he had a keen ear'; 'a good ear for pitch'.
(noun.) attention to what is said; 'he tried to get her ear'.
(noun.) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn.
錄入:凯文--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The organ of hearing; the external ear.
(n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.
(n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.
(n.) Same as Acroterium.
(n.) Same as Crossette.
(n.) Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.
(v. t.) To take in with the ears; to hear.
(n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.
(v. i.) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.
(v. t.) To plow or till; to cultivate.
編輯:汤姆
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Organ of hearing.[2]. Musical perception, faculty of discriminating sounds, sense of hearing.[3]. Regard, heed, attention, hearing.[4]. Spike (of grain), head.
編輯:罗赞娜
解釋/意思:
n. a spike as of corn.—v.i. to put forth ears.—n. Ear′-cock′le a disease of wheat.—adj. Eared of corn having ears.
n. the organ of hearing or the external part merely: the sense or power of hearing: the faculty of distinguishing sounds: attention: anything like an ear.—ns. Ear′ache an ache or pain in the ear; Ear′bob an earring; Ear′-cap a covering to protect the ear from cold; Ear′drop an ornamental pendant hanging from the ear; Ear′drum the drum or middle cavity of the ear tympanum (q.v.).—adj. Eared having ears.—n. Ear′-hole the aperture of the ear.—adj. Ear′-kiss′ing whispered.—n. Ear′lap the tip of the ear: an ear-cap.—adj. Ear′less wanting ears.—ns. Ear′lock a curl near the ear worn by Elizabethan dandies; Ear′mark a mark set on the ears of sheep whereby their owners may distinguish them: a distinctive mark.—v.t. to put an earmark on.—n. Ear′-pick an instrument for clearing the ear.—adj. Ear′-pierc′ing shrill screaming.—ns. Ear′ring an ornamental ring worn in the ear; Ear′-shell any shell of the family Haliotid; Ear′shot the distance at which a sound can be heard; Ear′-trum′pet a tube to aid in hearing; Ear′wax a waxy substance secreted by the glands of the ear; Ear′wig an insect which was supposed to creep into the brain through the ear: a flatterer.—v.t. to gain the ear of: to bias: to torment by private importunities (A.S. é–rwicga é–re ear wicga earwig).—n. Ear′witness a witness that can testify from his own hearing.—About one's ears said of a house falling &c.; Be all ears to give every attention; Give ear to attend; Go in at one ear and out at the other used of words which make no permanent impression; Have a person's ear to be secure of his favourable attention; Have itching ears to be desirous of hearing novelties (2 Tim. iv. 3); Lend an ear to listen; Over head and ears overwhelmed: deeply engrossed or involved; Set by the ears to set at strife; Speak in the ear to whisper; Tickle the ear to flatter; Turn a deaf ear to refuse to listen; Walls have ears a proverbial phrase implying that there may be listeners behind the wall.
v.t. (obs.) to plough or till.—n. Ear′ing (obs.) ploughing.
編輯:基蒂
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of seeing ears, an evil and designing person is keeping watch over your conversation to work you harm.
科迪莉亚整理
例句/造句/用法:
- From the interior a low soft breathing came to his ear. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I should have walked on to the church if the conversation of two men and a woman on the outskirts of the crowd had not caught my ear. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I heard it nearing me slowly, until it came changed to my ear--came like footsteps moving onward--then stopped. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Jo glanced over her shoulder, and the little demon she was harboring said in her ear. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Your wife might get her some ear-rings, or a new gown, or some such truck, to make up with her. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- She listened to a step outside that caught her ear, and there was a soft knock at the door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Get along with you, my woman,' he added in her ear, 'get along with you, while you know you're Affery, and before you're shaken to yeast. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- At the end of that time the sound of a carriage caught my ear, and I was met, as I advanced towards the second turning, by a fly from the railway. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- For this reason, he muttered in my ear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I am simply blighted--like a damaged ear of corn--the business is done and can't be undone. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The dull crackling noise noticed in the ear when one swallows is due to the entrance and exit of air in the tube. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Although I had heard it with my own ears I could not believe it. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The man knew her, and might by a fortunate chance see her, or hear of her; that was something, as enlisting one pair of eyes and ears the more. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The words we've smashed 'em rang in his ears. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The words had a fantastic sound in his own ears. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- No human evidence would ever have been able to persuade Martin Yorke that he blushed when thus addressed; yet blush he did, to the ears. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Holmes pricked up his ears. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He sat looking at the horse's ears, as if he saw something new there; and sat so, for a considerable time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The enemy's ears are everywhere. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The musicians put their ears in the place of their minds. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Although they spoke to each other in guarded tones, their words were pronounced with sufficient distinctness of utterance to reach my ears. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A low, stealthy sound came to my ears, not from the direction of Baker Street, but from the back of the very house in which we lay concealed. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Ever so fur she run, and there was fire afore her eyes, and roarings in her ears. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Their quick ears caught the sound of an approaching footstep. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- If it had been my ears, what should I have done? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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