- [countable]
either of the organs on the sides of the head that you hear with 耳；耳朵 
the left/right ear 左耳/右耳 He put his hands over his ears. 他用雙手捂住耳朵。 She's had her ears pierced. 她紮了耳朵眼兒。 The elephant flapped its ears. 大象拍打着雙耳。 - in somebody's ear
She whispered something in his ear. 她對他耳語了幾句。 He was now screaming in my ear. 他現在在我耳邊尖叫。 He was always there with a sympathetic ear (= was always willing to listen to people). 他總是願意傾聽别人的心聲。 an ear infection 耳朵感染
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodya1A blast of punk rock music assaulted her ears. 突然迸發的一陣朋克搖滾樂沖擊着她的耳朵。 A horse may show annoyance by putting its ears back. 馬會向後斜耳朵以表示惱怒。 A small noise caught his ear. 一個很小的聲音引起了他的注意。 At first I stopped my ears to what I did not want to hear. 起初我對不想聽的話捂住耳朵不聽。 Blood from his torn ear was soaking his collar. 他被撕裂的耳朵流出的血浸濕了衣領。 Chinese music uses a scale that is unfamiliar to Western ears. 中國音樂使用的音階，西方人聽起來有點兒陌生。 Christopher felt his ears reddening. 克裏斯托弗覺得他的耳朵在發熱。 Dogs can hear things that human ears can't hear. 狗能聽到人耳聽不到的聲音。 Each animal receives an individual ear tag. 每只動物都有一個單獨的耳標。 He had three ear piercings. 他穿了三個耳朵眼。 He has really big ears that stick out. 他有一對大招風耳。 He pressed his ear to the door, but heard nothing. 他把耳朵貼到門上，但是什麽也聽不到。 He waited in the darkness, his ears alert for the slightest sound. 他在黑暗中等着，警醒地聆聽着最細微的聲音。 If you suck a sweet as the plane takes off it stops your ears popping. 飛機起飛時含一顆糖果可以防止耳朵脹痛。 a rabbit with long floppy ears 耷拉着長耳朵的兔子 He could hear much better after having his ears cleaned out. 清洗過耳朵之後，他聽得清楚多了。 She nibbled on his ear. 她輕輕地咬他的耳朵。 His sharp ears had picked up the uncertainty in her voice. 他敏銳地覺察出她聲音中的猶豫。 Drop a quiet word in her ear about it before it's too late. 在還來得及之前，把這件事先悄悄地向她說一下。 I have a few words for your ears alone. 我有幾句話只說給你聽。 I strained my ears to catch the conversation in the other room. 我豎起耳朵仔細聽另一個房間裏的談話。 If news of the break-in reaches the boss's ears, we're in trouble. 如果非法入室的事情傳到老板的耳朵裏，我們就麻煩了。 My heart was pounding in my ears. 我能聽到自己的心在怦怦地跳。 She couldn't see, but her ears told her that the guards had arrived. 她雖然看不見，但是能聽得出衛兵已經到了。 She did not like the scheme, as she made clear every time she found a receptive ear. 她不喜歡這個方案，每當有人願意聽她講時，她都要說明這一點。 The dog pricked up its ears. 狗豎起了耳朵。 The explosion set my ears ringing and even made me jump a bit. 爆炸震得我耳鳴，甚至嚇得我跳了一下。 The sound of the blast filled my ears. 爆炸聲震得我耳朵嗡嗡直響。 The voices buzzing all around echoed in her ears. 周圍嗡嗡的說話聲一直在她耳邊回響。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- left
- right
- inner
- …
- plug
- stop
- block
- …
- catch something
- detect something
- hear something
- …
- canal
- drum
- lobe
- …
- in your ear
- be all ears
- beam, grin, smile, etc. from ear to ear
- bend somebody’s ear
- …
- -eared
(in adjectives 構成形容詞 having the type of ears mentioned 有…耳朵的；耳朵…的 a long-eared owl 長耳鸮
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an ability to recognize and copy sounds well 靈敏的聽力；辨音力 She has always had an ear for languages. 她一直對語言很有鑒賞力。 You need a good ear to master the piano. 彈好鋼琴需要有敏銳的辨音能力。
Extra ExamplesHe has a keen ear for dialogue. 他熱衷於聽别人談話。 He has a good ear for accents and can usually tell where a speaker comes from. 他對口音有靈敏的辨别力，通常能聽出講話人來自哪兒。 To the trained ear the calls of these birds sound quite different. 對於受過訓練的耳朵而言，這些鳥的叫聲十分不同。 It takes time to attune your ear to the local accent. 要過一段時間才能聽得懂當地的口音。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- good
- keen
- …
- have
- attune
- by ear
- ear for
- have a tin ear for something
- [countable]
the top part of a grain plant, such as wheat, that contains the seeds （谷類植物的）穗 
ears of corn 玉米穗
Word Originsenses 1 to 3 Old English ēare, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oor and German Ohr, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin auris and Greek ous.sense 4 Old English ēar, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aar and German Ähre.
Idioms
be all ears
bend somebody’s ear (about something)
- (informal)
to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have 向某人唠叨訴說（尤指自己的難處）
be out on your ear
- (informal)
to be forced to leave (a job, etc.) 被迫離開（工作崗位等）；被攆出去
be up to your ears in something
box somebody's ears
(also give somebody a box on the ears)
- (old-fashioned)
to hit somebody with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment 打某人耳光
cock an ear/eye at something/somebody
to look at or listen to something/somebody carefully and with a lot of attention 側耳傾聽；凝神細看
something comes to/reaches somebody’s ears
somebody’s ears are burning
somebody’s ears are flapping
- (British English, informal)
a person is trying to listen to somebody else’s conversation 某人正豎着耳朵聽
easy on the ear
- (informal)
pleasant to listen to 好聽／好看的；悅耳／悅目的 Their music is all very easy on the ear. 他們的音樂非常悅耳。
easy on the ear/eye
- (informal)
pleasant to listen to or look at 好聽／好看的；悅耳／悅目的 The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye. 房間用柔和的彩色粉筆畫，很容易看出來。
fall on deaf ears
give somebody/get a thick ear
- (British English, informal)
to hit somebody/be hit on the head as a punishment 打耳光；挨耳光 You’ll get a thick ear if you’re not careful! 如果你不小心，你會被打耳洞的！
go in one ear and out the other
have something coming out of your ears
- (informal)
to have a lot of something, especially more than you need 有的是某物（形容大量擁有，甚至超過所需） That man has money coming out of his ears. 那個人有很多錢。
have somebody’s ear | have the ear of somebody
have a word in somebody’s ear
- (British English)
to speak to somebody privately about something 和…說私話；與…密談 Can I have a word in your ear about tomorrow's presentation? 關於明天的演示我能和你說幾句嗎？
keep your ears open (for somebody/something)
to listen out for somebody/something that you might hear （對…）充耳不聞，置之不理
keep your ears/eyes open (for somebody/something)
to listen or look out for somebody/something that you might hear or see 覺得耳朵在發燒（認爲或猜測别人在說自己）
keep/have your ear to the ground
to make sure that you always find out about the most recent developments in a particular situation 注意看動向；掌握最新發展情況 The agent had no suitable properties on his books but promised to keep an ear to the ground for us. 代理人在他的賬本上沒有合適的資産，但答應爲我們留意情況。
lend an ear (to somebody/something)
to listen in a patient and kind way to somebody 聆聽；傾聽
make a pig’s ear (out) of something
- (British English, informal)
to do something badly; to make a mess of something 把事情辦砸；弄得一團糟
(you can't) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
(you won't) succeed in making something good out of material that does not seem very good at all 用劣材制精品；化腐朽爲神奇
music to your ears
news or information that you are very pleased to hear 好消息；令人滿意的信息
not believe your ears
- (informal)
to be very surprised at something you hear （對…）保持警覺；注意；留心 I couldn't believe my ears when I heard the news. 聽到這個消息，我簡直不敢相信自己的耳朵。 She actually apologized. I couldn't believe my ears! 她居然道歉了，我真不敢相信自己的耳朵！
not believe your ears/eyes
play (something) by ear
to play music by remembering how it sounds rather than by reading it 憑記憶演奏；不看樂譜彈奏 She usually plays the guitar by ear, rather than reading the music. 他通常憑記憶來彈吉他，而不是靠看樂譜。
play it by ear
- (informal)
to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops rather than by having a plan to follow 見機行事；随機應變；根據情況需要行動 I’m not sure how many people are expected—we’ll just have to play it by ear. 我不知道預計會有多少人——我們只能見機行事。
prick (up) your ears
(of an animal, especially a horse or dog 動物，尤指馬或狗 to raise the ears 豎起耳朵 - (also your ears prick up)
(of a person 人 to listen carefully because you have just heard something interesting; to listen out for something you might hear 傾耳細聽
ring in your ears/head
shut/close your ears to something
smile/grin/beam from ear to ear
to be smiling, etc. a lot because you are very pleased about something 眉開眼笑；笑得合不攏嘴 He was beaming from ear to ear. 他笑得合不攏嘴。
turn a deaf ear (to somebody/something)
walls have ears
- (saying)
used to warn people to be careful what they say because other people may be listening 隔牆有耳
(still) wet behind the ears
- (informal, disapproving)
young and without much experience 乳臭未幹；少不更事；沒見過世面 He was still wet behind the ears, politically. 他在政治上仍然涉世不深。
with a flea in your ear
if somebody sends a person away with a flea in their ear, they tell them angrily to go away 以氣憤的言語，以責難（把人轟走）
with half an ear
without giving your full attention to what is being said, etc. 心不在焉地聽 He listened to her with only half an ear as he watched TV. 他在看電視，並沒很注意聽她講話。