Definition of "ear" in 英语

noun

1. (countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.

2. (countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.

3. (countable, slang) A police informant.

4. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; skill or good taste in listening to music.

   • a good ear for music

5. The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.

6. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.

   • the ears of a tub, skillet, or dish; The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow.

7. (architecture) An acroterium.

8. (architecture) A crossette.

9. (journalism) A space to the left or right of a publication's front-page title, used for advertising, weather, etc.

10. (baking) A curled ridge in the crust of a loaf of bread where the dough was slashed before going into the oven and expands during baking.

11. (clothing) The outer panels or flaps (protrusions) of a diaper upon which the fasteners are located, which are fastened around the wearer's waist.

12. (graph theory) A path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.

verb

1. (humorous, transitive) To take in with the ears; to hear.

2. (transitive) To hold by the ears.

noun

1. (countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

   • He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.

verb

1. (intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.

   • This corn ears well.

verb

1. (archaic) To plough.