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have an ear for sth
表示对某种声音或音乐有敏感度或天赋。
She has a great ear for languages.
她对语言有很好的听力。
耳朵
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耳朵
The organ of hearing and balance, made up of the outer, middle, and inner ear.
She has a great ear for languages.
她对语言有很好的听力。
The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
The fruiting body of a grain plant.
听觉和平衡的感觉器官
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
She whispered something into his ear.
她对着他的耳朵轻声说了些什么。
AI contextual example
He has a good ear for music.
他对音乐有很好的鉴赏力。
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The dog pricked up its ears at the sound.
狗听到声音竖起了耳朵。
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he had a keen ear
他听觉敏锐。
WordNet
表示对某种声音或音乐有敏感度或天赋。
She has a great ear for languages.
她对语言有很好的听力。
表示认真倾听某人。
He was always willing to lend an ear to his friends.
他总是愿意倾听朋友的心声。
表示建议或请求被忽视。
My advice fell on deaf ears.
我的建议被当成了耳旁风。
表示随机应变，没有事先安排。
We don't have a plan; we'll just play it by ear.
我们没有计划，只能见机行事。
Not this
I have two ear.
Use this
I have two ears.
ear 是可数名词，表示‘耳朵’时，两个耳朵需要用复数形式 ears。
Not this
I hear by my ear.
Use this
I hear with my ears.
表示‘用耳朵听’，介词应用 with 表示使用身体部位，而 by 表示方式或手段不合适。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
耳朵感染
The child had an ear infection and couldn't sleep.
孩子耳朵感染，睡不着觉。
对...有鉴赏力
She has a good ear for music and can play any tune by listening once.
她对音乐很有鉴赏力，听一次就能弹出任何曲子。
倾听
If you have a problem, I'll lend an ear.
如果你有问题，我会倾听。
即兴发挥
We don't have a plan; we'll just play it by ear.
我们没有计划，只能见机行事。
全神贯注地听
Tell me your story; I'm all ears.
给我讲讲你的故事，我洗耳恭听。
玉米穗
He picked an ear of corn from the field.
他从地里摘了一个玉米穗。
随机应变
I don't know what to do, I'll just play it by ear.
我不知道该怎么办，就随机应变吧。
和某人闲聊
He bent my ear for hours about his problems.
他唠叨了几个小时他的问题。
忙得不可开交
I'm up to my ears in work.
我忙得不可开交。
请借我你们的耳朵。
In his speech, he asked the audience to lend him their ears.
在他的演讲中，他请求观众听他讲话。
我要割掉你的耳朵。
The movie scene where he threatens to cut his ear off is infamous.
电影中他威胁要割掉别人耳朵的场景非常臭名昭著。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
Use ear naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
ear发音像中文‘耳’，看到耳朵就想到ear，记住耳朵就是ear。
常见场景：日常对话、医学描述 通常指身体部位耳朵，多用于日常交流，也用于医学语境。
All listed words rhyme with 'ear' (/ɪər/). Be careful with lookalikes like 'bear' (/beər/) and 'pear' (/peər/), which have a different vowel sound. Also note 'tear' has two pronunciations: /tɪər/ (crying) and /teər/ (ripping); here we use the rhyming one.
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