ear — EN↔ZH

ear

/BrE ɪə

, AmE ɪr

noun

1 ▶[The human body] [countable] Anatomy, Zoology 耳朵;

inner/middle/outer ear 内耳／中耳／外耳;

an ear infection 耳部感染;

wet behind the ears informal derogatory 乳臭未干的;

my ears are burning 有人在议论我呢;

to be all ears informal 专心倾听;

to bend sb's ear (about sth) informal 向某人反复说（某事）;

to be out on one's ear informal (from job) 被迫离开工作岗位; (from home) 被赶出家门;

to be up to one's ears in debt/work informal 负债累累／埋头工作;

to have a word in sb's ear 和某人私下谈;

to go in one ear and out the other 左耳进，右耳出;

to have or keep one's ear to the ground 关注动向;

to keep one's ears open (for sth) (be quick to hear) 留意倾听（某事）; (find out about) 关注（某事）;

to lend or give a sympathetic ear 同情地倾听;

to listen with half an ear 心不在焉地听;

2 [uncountable] (hearing, perception) 听觉;

pleasant to the ear 悦耳的;

to the trained/untrained ear 对于训练有素／缺乏训练的耳朵;

to play music by ear 不看乐谱演奏乐曲;

to play it by ear figurative informal 随机应变;

to have an ear for music 有音乐鉴赏力;

to have a good ear for accents 善于辨别口音

3 [countable] (of grain) 穗