tin ear noun
plural tin ears
plural tin ears
Learner's definition of TIN EAR
[count] chiefly US
: a lack of ability to hear something (such as music or speech) in an accurate and sensitive way听觉不灵；缺乏乐感；缺乏语感 -
My wife is a talented musician, but I have a tin ear.我妻子是个有天赋的音乐家，但我却没有乐感。
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a writer with a tin ear for dialogue [=who writes dialogue that does not sound real]不擅长写对话的作家