Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ear
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Ear
ear
~ n 1 »PART OF YOUR BODY« one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with (Lou turned to Mark and whispered something in his ear.) 2 »HEARING« the ability to hear sounds (too high-pitched to be heard by the human ear | have good ears (=be able to hear quiet noises)) 3 »GRAIN« the top part of plants, such as wheat, that produces grain (an ear of corn) 4 long-eared/short-eared etc having long etc ears (a long-eared rabbit) 5 be all ears informal to be very keen to hear what someone is going to tell you (As soon as I mentioned money, Karen was all ears.) 6 be out on your ear informal to be forced to leave a job, organization etc, especially because you have done something wrong (You'd better start working harder, or you'll be out on your ear.) 7 be up to your ears in work/debt/problems etc to have a lot of work etc (I'm up to my ears in work at the moment. Can we discuss this later?) 8 close/shut your ears to to refuse to listen to bad or unpleasant news 9 smile/grin etc from ear to ear to show that you are very happy or pleased by smiling so much (She came out of his office, grinning from ear to ear. `I've been promoted.') 10 give sb a thick ear BrE informal to hit someone (Behave yourself or I'll give you a thick ear!) 11 go in (at) one ear and out (at) the other informal if information goes in one ear and out the other, you forget it as soon as you have heard it (I don't know why I tell her anything. It just goes in one ear and out the other.) 12 have an ear for music/languages etc to be very good at learning music, copying sounds etc (She has no ear for languages at all. | a good ear for dialogue) 13 have sb's ear to be trusted by someone so that they will listen to your advice, opinions etc (While Ross Perot had the ear of the nation, he did spout a number of home truths.) 14 keep your/an ear to the ground to make sure that you always know what is happening in a situation (I haven't heard any more news but I'll keep my ear to the ground.) 15 lend an ear to listen to what someone is saying sympathetically (I'm always ready to lend an ear, if you need to talk.) 16 play sth by ear to play music without having to read written music (- see also play it by ear play1 (11)) 17 sb's ears are burning used to say that someone thinks that people are talking about them 18 sb's ears are flapping BrE used to say that someone is trying to listen to your private conversation (- see also bend sb's ear bend1 (5), send sb off with a flea in their ear flea (2), make a pig's ear of pig1 (5), prick (up) your ears prick1 (5), turn a deaf ear deaf (5), wet behind the ears wet1 (6))
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(ears) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your ears are the two parts of your body, one on each side of your head, with which you hear sounds. He whispered something in her ear... I’m having my ears pierced. N-COUNT 2. 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. Moby certainly has a fine ear for a tune... An ear for foreign languages is advantageous. N-SING: with supp, usu N for n 3. Ear is often used to refer to people’s willingness to listen to what someone is saying. What would cause the masses to give him a far more sympathetic ear?... They had shut their eyes and ears to everything. N-COUNT: oft adj N 4. 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. N-COUNT: usu pl 5. If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen. (INFORMAL) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 6. 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. I hope that our appeals will not fall on deaf ears... He has turned a resolutely deaf ear to American demands for action. PHRASE: V inflects 7. 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. Jobs in manufacturing are relatively scarce but I keep my ear to the ground. PHRASE: V inflects 8. If you lend an ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and sympathetically. They are always willing to lend an ear and offer what advice they can. PHRASE: V inflects 9. 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. That rubbish goes in one ear and out the other. PHRASE: V inflects 10. If someone says that you will be out on your ear, they mean that you will be...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ere, from Old English eare; akin to Old High German ora ~, Latin auris, Greek ous Date: before 12th century 1. a. the characteristic vertebrate organ of h~ing and equilibrium consisting in the typical mammal of a sound-collecting outer ~ separated by the tympanic membrane from a sound-transmitting middle ~ that in turn is separated from a sensory inner ~ by membranous fenestrae b. any of various organs (as of a fish) capable of detecting vibratory motion 2. the external ~ of humans and most mammals 3. a. the sense or act of h~ing b. acuity of h~ing c. sensitivity to musical tone and pitch; also the ability to retain and reproduce music that has been h~d d. sensitivity to nuances of language especially as revealed in the command of verbal melody and rhythm or in the ability to render a spoken idiom accurately 4. something resembling a mammalian ~ in shape, position, or function: as a. a projecting part (as a lug or handle) b. either of a pair of tufts of lengthened feathers on the head of some birds 5. attention, awareness lend an ~ 6. a space in the upper corner of the front page of a periodical (as a newspaper) usually containing advertising for the periodical itself or a weather forecast 7. a person who listens ; listener looking for a friendly ~ II. noun Etymology: Middle English er, from Old English ear; akin to Old High German ahir ~, Old English ecg edge — more at edge Date: before 12th century the fruiting spike of a cereal (as wheat or Indian corn) including both the seeds and protective structures III. intransitive verb Date: 14th century to form ~s in growing the rye should be ~ing up ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 a the organ of hearing and balance in man and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this. b an organ sensitive to sound in other animals. 2 the faculty for discriminating sounds (an ear for music). 3 an ear-shaped thing, esp. the handle of a jug. 4 listening, attention. Phrases and idioms all ears listening attentively. bring about one's ears bring down upon oneself. ear-drops 1 medicinal drops for the ear. 2 hanging earrings. ear lobe the lower soft pendulous external part of the ear. ear-piercing loud and shrill. ear-splitting excessively loud. ear-trumpet a trumpet-shaped device formerly used as a hearing-aid. give ear to listen to. have a person's ear receive a favourable hearing. have (or keep) an ear to the ground be alert to rumours or the trend of opinion. in one ear and out the other heard but disregarded or quickly forgotten. out on one's ear dismissed ignominiously. up to one's ears (often foll. by in) colloq. deeply involved or occupied. Derivatives eared adj. (also in comb.). earless adj. Etymology: OE eare f. Gmc: rel. to L auris, Gk ous 2. n. the seed-bearing head of a cereal plant. Etymology: OE ear f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I сокр. от electromagnetic activity receiver приёмник электромагнитного излучения II сокр. от electronically agile radar РЛС с электронным сканированием луча EAR 1) ушко; проушина; петля 2) держатель; подвеска 3) зажим (для контактного провода) 4) небольшая консоль (декоративного или конструктивного элемента) 5) язычок, фестон (дефект при глубокой вытяжке листового материала) 6) мн. ч. метал. уши (у концов полосы) - anchor ear - artificial ear - dog ears - faucet ear - feeder ear - splicing ear - straining ear ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) ухо 2) ушко, проушина 3) горн. отверстие; скважина 4) скоба 5) подвеска 6) опорный выступ - tightening ear - tripping ear - twisted ear - untwisted ear ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) межд. эк., амер. сокр. от Export Administration Regulations 2) фин., банк. сокр. от effective annual rate 3) фин., банк. сокр. от earnings-at-risk EAR сокр. от Export Administration Regulations ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1) ухо 2) слух 3) колос 4) початок (кукурузы) to come into ear — выходить в колос, колоситься, вступать в стадию колошения – bald ear – external ear – filled ear – internal ear – middle ear – outer ear – stand-up ears ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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СМИ врезка Верхний угол первой полосы газеты, в котором обычно размещается девиз издания, небольшая реклама, прогноз погоды. ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. ухо to stop one's ears —- заткнуть (себе) уши 2. слух to grate on smb.'s ears —- резать слух the distant roll of thunder reached our ears —- мы услышали отдаленные раскаты грома this came to the ears of the minister —- это дошло до (ушей) министра his pronunciation offends English ears —- от его произношения англичанина коробит 3. музыкальный слух to play by ear —- играть по слуху he has a true ear for melody —- у него верный слух на мелодию 4. верхние углы первых полос газеты с рекламным материалом, сводкой погоды и т. п. 5. ручка (сосуда и т. п.) 6. кул. ушки (макаронные) 7. тех. ушко, проушина 8. тех. подвеска, дужка 9. тех. редк. скважина; отверстие 10. эл. зажим для контактного провода 11. ам. сл. любительская радиостанция Id: to turn a deaf ear —- не слушать, не вникать Id: he turned a deaf ear to my entreaties —- он остался глух к моим мольбам Id: the protest fell on deaf ears —- протест пропустили мимо ушей Id: to lend (to give) an ear (to) —- выслушать кого-л. Id: he gave ear to this prudent advice —- он прислушался к этому благоразумному совету Id: to have smb.'s ear —- пользоваться чьим-л. благосклонным вниманием Id: to win (to gain) smb.'s ear —- добиться, чтобы тебя выслушали Id: to be all ears —- обратиться в слух, слушать с напряженным вниманием Id: in at one ear and out at the other —- в одно ухо вошло, в другое вышло Id: to bring a storm about one's ears —-...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun 1) ухо 2) слух an ear for music - музыкальный слух to play by ear - играть по слуху to have a good (bad) ear - иметь хороший (плохой) слух to strain ones ears - напрягать слух 3) ушко, проушина, дужка, ручка 4) rare отверстие, скважина to be all ears - превратиться в слух; слушать с напряженным вниманием to give ear to smb. - выслушать кого-л. to gain the ear of smb. - быть выслушанным кем-л. in at one ear and out at the other - в одно ухо вошло, в другое вышло to keep ones ears open - прислушаться; навострить уши; насторожиться up to the ears - по уши (в работе и т.п.) to bring a storm about ones ears - вызвать бурю негодования; вызвать большие нарекания to have smb. s ear - пользоваться чьим-л. благосклонным вниманием to set by the ears - рассорить by the ears - в ссоре to be on ones ear - быть раздраженным to have long/itching ears - быть любопытным II 1. noun 1) колос 2) початок (кукурузы) 2. v. колоситься ...Англо-русский словарь
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physiol. abbr. Emergency Artificial Respiration physiol. abbr. Expired Air Resuscitation U.S. gov. abbr. Export Administration Regulations airport code Kearney, Nebraska USA comp. assem. abbr. Exclusive Allow Read int. bus. abbr. Export Administration Regulations pos. abbr. Emerging Artist Representative pos. abbr. Earnings After Retirement account. abbr. Equivalent Annual Rate AMEX symbols Hearx, LTD. ...English abbreviation dictionary
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See: ABOUT ONE'S EARS or AROUND ONE'S EARS, BELIEVE ONE'S EARS, DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FLEA IN ONE'S EAR, GIVE AN EAR TO or LEND AN EAR TO, GO IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER, JUG-EARED, LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS, MUSIC TO ONE'S EARS, PIN ONE'S EARS BACK, PLAY BY EAR, PRICK UP ONE'S EARS, ROASTING EAR, TURN A DEAF EAR, UP TO THE CHIN IN or UP TO THE EARS IN, WET BEHIND THE EARS. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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