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ears BrE /ɪəz/
NAmE /ɪrz/► SEE ALLbe all earsbe up to your ears in sthcome to/reach sb’s earshis, her, etc. ears are burninghis, her, etc. ears are flappingshut/close your ears to sb/sthnot believe your eyes/earsbox sb’s earsgive sb a box on the earsfall on deaf earsbe (like) music to your earsprick up your earsyour ears prick upring in your ears/headwalls have ears(still) wet behind the ears
●be all ˈears (informal) listen very carefully and with great interest 洗耳恭听；全神贯注地听◆Go on, tell me what happened — I’m all ears.
快点，告诉我发生了什么事，我很想知道。 OPP listen with half an ear ●be up to your ˈears in sthhave a lot of sth to deal with 忙于；深陷于；埋头于◆I’m afraid I’m up to my ears in work at the moment. Can we talk later in the week?
对不起，我现在忙得不可开交。咱们本周另找时间再谈好吗？●come to/reach sb’s ˈearshear about sth, especially when other people already know about it （尤指其他人均已知道后才）传入…的耳中，终于知道◆News of the affair eventually reached her ears.
这段绯闻终于传到了她耳中。●his, her, etc. ˈears are burninga person thinks or knows that other people have been talking about them （觉得有人在谈论自己而）耳朵发热◆Jenny’s ears must have been burning last night: we talked about her for hours.
昨天晚上珍妮肯定耳朵发热：我们议论了她好几个钟头。●his, her, etc. ˈears are flapping (BrE, informal) a person is trying to listen to sb else’s conversation 有人正设法偷听别人的谈话；隔墙有耳◆I think you’d better tell me later when we’re alone — ears are flapping here.
我觉得你最好过会儿等我们单独在一起的时候再告诉我，这里有人偷听。 NOTE Flap here means to move quickly backwards and forwards. * flap 此处指快速地来回扇动。 ●shut/close your ˈears to sb/sthrefuse to listen to sb/sth; ignore sb/sth 拒绝听；对…充耳不闻；忽视◆The government has shut its ears to our protests.
政府对我们的抗议不加理睬。●not beˌlieve your ˈeyes/ˈears (usually used with can’t or couldn’t 通常与 can't 或 couldn't 连用) think that sth you see/hear is very surprising 不相信自己的眼睛／耳朵；对所见／所闻非常吃惊◆I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my name mentioned on the radio.听到收音机里提到我的名字，我简直不相信自己的耳朵。●box sb’s ˈears●give sb a box on the ˈears (old-fashioned) hit sb with your hand on the side of their head as a punishment 打某人的耳光◆If you do that one more time I’ll box your ears, boy!小子，你再那样干，我就抽你耳光！●fall on deaf ˈears (of a question, request, etc. 问题、请求等) be ignored or not noticed 被置若罔闻；未被注意◆Our request for money fell on deaf ears.没人搭理我们要钱的请求。●be (like) ˌmusic to your ˈears (of information, etc. 消息等) be sth that is pleasant to hear 是悦耳的声音；是佳音；让人听着高兴◆The news that she’d finally left was like music to my ears.她终于离开了，这在我听来真是个好消息。◆The bell at the end of the lesson is always music to my ears.对我来说，下课铃声就像音乐般美妙。●ˌprick up your ˈears●your ˈears prick upstart to listen carefully 侧耳倾听◆‘And the winner is …’ He pricked up his ears. ‘… Michael Poole.’“获胜者是…”，他竖起耳朵仔细听，“…迈克尔 ∙ 普尔。” NOTE This expression refers to the way dogs, horses and other animals raise their ears when they listen with attention. 这个表达法原指狗或马等动物仔细聆听时会竖起耳朵。 ●ring in your ˈears/ˈheadmake you feel you can still hear sth 余音绕梁；在耳边回响◆Months later, the applause at the Berlin concert was still ringing in her ears.几个月过去了，柏林音乐会上的掌声似乎还在她耳边回响。●ˌwalls have ˈears (saying) somebody may be listening, so be careful what you say 隔墙有耳◆You’d better keep your voice down. Walls have ears, you know.你最好小点声，要知道，隔墙有耳。●(still) ˌwet behind the ˈears (informal, disapproving) be young and with very little experience 乳臭未干；少不更事；没见过世面◆He’s a young teacher, still wet behind the ears.他是个年轻教师，仍需磨炼。 OPP an old hand (at sth/at doing sth) |