1 N-COUNT 耳;耳朵 Your ears are the two parts of your body, one on each side of your head, with which you hear sounds. 耳;耳朵
2 N-SING 辨音力;灵敏的听力 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. 辨音力;灵敏的听力
SYN sensitivity, taste, discrimination, appreciation
3 N-COUNT [oft adjective NOUN] 倾听 Ear is often used to refer to people's willingness to listen to what someone is saying. 倾听
4 N-COUNT [usually plural] (谷类作物的)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. (谷类作物的)穗
5 PHRASE . 洗耳恭听;全神贯注地听 If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen . 洗耳恭听;全神贯注地听 [informal]
6 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (尤指让人恼火地)缠住…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. (尤指让人恼火地)缠住…喋喋不休 [informal]
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (作为惩戒)打(孩子)的一侧头 If someone boxes a child's ears, they hit them on the side of their head as a punishment. (作为惩戒)打(孩子)的一侧头 [old-fashioned]
8 PHRASE (要求)未被理睬,不被听取/(某人对要求)不予理睬,充耳不闻 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. (要求)未被理睬,不被听取/(某人对要求)不予理睬,充耳不闻
9 PHRASE 关注事态;注意动向 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. 关注事态;注意动向
10 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb] 心不在焉;似听非听 If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said. 心不在焉;似听非听
11 PHRASE (认真而同情地)倾听 If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically. (认真而同情地)倾听
SYN listen, pay attention, heed, take notice
12 PHRASE 左耳进,右耳出;听过即忘 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. 左耳进,右耳出;听过即忘
13 PHRASE 突然被解雇;突然被赶走 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. 突然被解雇;突然被赶走 [informal]
14 PHRASE (不看乐谱而)凭记忆演奏(乐曲) 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. (不看乐谱而)凭记忆演奏(乐曲)
15 PHRASE 见机行事;随机应变 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. 见机行事;随机应变
SYN improvise, wing it [informal] , ad-lib, extemporize
16 PHRASE 深陷于;深深卷入;埋头于 If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources. 深陷于;深深卷入;埋头于
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'Why don't you come with me?' — 'I can't. I'm up to my ears in reports.'.
“怎么不跟我一起来呀?”—“不行,我忙着写报告呢。”
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He was desperate. He was in debt up to his ears.
他负债累累,走投无路。
17 to make a pig's ear of→see: pig music to your ears→see: music wet behind the ears→see: wet
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