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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.
例句
He whispered something in her ear...
他在她耳邊低聲說了些什么。
I'm having my ears pierced.
我打算穿耳洞。
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N-SING
辨音力;靈敏的聽力
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.
例句
Moby certainly has a fine ear for a tune...
莫比無疑具有很好的樂感。
An ear for foreign languages is advantageous.
能夠聽懂外語是種優(yōu)勢。
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N-COUNT
傾聽
Ear is often used to refer to people's willingness to listen to what someone is saying.
例句
What would cause the masses to give him a far more sympathetic ear?...
怎樣才能使民眾以更加體諒的心態(tài)傾聽他的話呢？
They had shut their eyes and ears to everything.
他們對一切都視而不見，充耳不聞。
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N-COUNT
（谷類作物的）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.
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PHRASE
. 洗耳恭聽;全神貫注地聽
If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen
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PHRASE
（尤指讓人惱火地）纏住…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.
例句
He was fed up with people bending his ear about staying on at school.
人們一個勁兒地跟他說要繼續(xù)留在學(xué)校念書，這讓他煩透了。
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PHRASE
（作為懲戒）打（孩子）的一側(cè)頭
If someone boxes a child's ears, they hit them on the side of their head as a punishment.
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PHRASE
(要求)未被理睬，不被聽取/(某人對要求)不予理睬，充耳不聞
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.
例句
I hope that our appeals will not fall on deaf ears...
我希望我們的呼吁不會沒人理睬。
He has turned a resolutely deaf ear to American demands for action.
他對美國提出的行動要求完全不理不睬。
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PHRASE
關(guān)注事態(tài)；注意動向
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.
例句
Jobs in manufacturing are relatively scarce but I keep my ear to the ground.
制造業(yè)的就業(yè)機會相對很少，但是我時刻留意著信息。
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PHRASE
心不在焉;似聽非聽
If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
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PHRASE
(認真而同情地)傾聽
If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically.
例句
They are always willing to lend an ear and offer what advice they can.
他們總是愿意認真傾聽并盡量提出建議。
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PHRASE
左耳進，右耳出;聽過即忘
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.
例句
That rubbish goes in one ear and out the other.
那種廢話都是左耳進，右耳出。
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PHRASE
突然被解雇;突然被趕走
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.
例句
We never objected. We'd have been out on our ears looking for another job if we had.
我們從未反對過，如果我們真的反對，早就被掃地出門，另謀高就了。
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PHRASE
（不看樂譜而）憑記憶演奏(樂曲)
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.
例句
Neil played, by ear, the music he'd heard his older sister practicing.
尼爾憑著記憶彈奏他曾聽到姐姐練習(xí)時彈的曲子。
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PHRASE
見機行事;隨機應(yīng)變
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.
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PHRASE
深陷于;深深卷入；埋頭于
If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.
例句
'Why don't you come with me?' — 'I can't. I'm up to my ears in reports.'...
“怎么不跟我一起來呀？”——“不行，我忙著寫報告呢。”
He was desperate. He was in debt up to his ears.
他負債累累，走投無路。