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  • noun
    plural ears
    [count] :the part of the body that you hear with
    He was whispering something in her ear.
    a dog with floppy ears
    pierced ears [=ears with earlobes that have been pierced for wearing earrings]
    [singular] an ability to understand and appreciate something heard
    He has a good ear for music/languages.
    b - used to describe the way something sounds to you
    It sounds a little old-fashioned to my ear. [=it sounds old-fashioned to me]
    [count] :attention that is shown or given by listening to what someone says
    Thanks for your ear. [=thanks for listening]
    When I told my story, my brother listened with only half an ear. [=did not listen closely]
    To lend an ear or, in literary language, to lend someone your ears is to listen to what someone has to say.
    She's always willing to lend a sympathetic ear.
    Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (1599) - - compare 2ear
    all ears
    informal - used to say that someone is listening very closely
    As I told the story, my daughter was all ears.
    a word in someone's ear
    xem word
    bend someone's ear
    xem bend
    box someone's ears
    xem box
    can't believe your ears
    xem believe
    cock an/your ear
    xem cock
    ears are burning
    If your ears are burning or you feel your ears burning, you have the feeling that other people are talking about you.
    (humorous) We were talking about you last night. That explains why I felt my ears burning.
    ears pop
    xem pop
    fall on deaf ears
    to fail to be heard :to be ignored
    Her pleas for mercy fell on deaf ears.
    grin/smile from ear to ear
    to smile widely :to have a big smile on your face
    He was grinning from ear to ear.
    have someone's ear
    If you have someone's ear you can talk and give advice to that person because you are trusted.
    an adviser who has the President's ear
    in one ear and out the other
    through someone's mind without being remembered or noticed
    Everything you say to him goes in one ear and out the other. [=he doesn't listen to or remember what you say]
    out on your ear
    informal :forced out :thrown out
    If you're late to work again, you'll be out on your ear! [=you'll be fired]
    play by ear
    To play a song or a piece of music by ear is to play it after hearing it without looking at written music.
    He could play any tune by ear after hearing it only once.
    To play it by ear is to do something without special preparation.
    I don't know how they'll react to our proposal, so we'll just have to play it by ear [=improvise, (informal) wing it] and hope for the best.
    set (something) on its ear
    informal :to cause something to be in a state of great excitement or shock
    She set the racing world on its ear [=she surprised and shocked the racing world] by winning several major races.
    His early recordings set the jazz world on its ear. [=his recordings caused a sensation in the jazz world]
    talk someone's ear off
    xem talk
    turn a deaf ear
    to refuse to listen to what someone says
    The company president turned a deaf ear to my proposals.
    up to your ears
    deeply involved in something
    They are up to their ears in debt. [=they are deeply in debt]
    We're up to our ears in work. [=we are very busy]
    wet behind the ears
    xem wet
    noun
    plural ears
    [count] :the part of a corn plant on which the seeds grow
    an ear of corn - compare 1ear

    * Các từ tương tự:
    ear canal, ear candy, earache, eardrum, earful, earl, earliest, earlobe, early