1. give/lend an ear to someone 傾聽(tīng)某人的心聲（常用以表示同情）

例句：He tried to give a sympathetic ear to the patient.
他極力懷著同情心傾聽(tīng)患者的敘述。
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2. turn a deaf ear 不加理睬、充耳不聞
例句：He turned a deaf ear to his mother's chatter.
他對(duì)母親的嘮嘮叨叨聽(tīng)而不聞。
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3. fall on deaf ears 未被理睬、未受重視
例句：My advice always seems to fall on deaf ears.
我的建議好像總是沒(méi)人聽(tīng)。
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4. talk one's ear off 喋喋不休，絮叨個(gè)不停
例句：All I wanted was a chance to read my book, but my seatmate talked my ear off.
我巴不得能有機(jī)會(huì)看書，但我的同桌卻嘮嘮叨叨地說(shuō)個(gè)不停。
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5. make a pig's ear of 把事情搞得很糟糕
例句：He made a pig's ear (out) of repairing my car.
他把我的車修得一團(tuán)糟。
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6. have big ears 耳朵尖、消息靈通；愛(ài)打聽(tīng)別人的事
例句：He can't help having big ears.
他總愛(ài)打聽(tīng)別人的事。
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7. all eyes and ears 聚精會(huì)神
例句：A detective must be all eyes and all ears.
一個(gè)偵探必須眼觀六路，耳聽(tīng)八方。
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8. all ears 洗耳恭聽(tīng)、全神貫注地聽(tīng)
例句：Go ahead with your story, I'm all ears.
請(qǐng)告訴我你的經(jīng)歷，我將洗耳恭聽(tīng)。
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9. grin from ear to ear 咧著嘴笑、笑逐顏開(kāi)
例句：When he was told that he has won the first prize, he grined from ear to ear.
當(dāng)他被告知自己得了一等獎(jiǎng)時(shí)，他咧開(kāi)嘴笑了。
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10. play it by ear 隨機(jī)應(yīng)變、見(jiàn)機(jī)行事
例句：In dealing with that unpredictable man, you simply can't follow a prearranged plan. You have to play it by ear.
和那個(gè)捉摸不定的人打交道，你簡(jiǎn)直無(wú)法按預(yù)定計(jì)劃行事，只好隨行應(yīng)變。
By the time she was four, she could play songs by ear.
她四歲時(shí)就能憑記憶把聽(tīng)過(guò)的曲子彈奏出來(lái)了。
I haven't decided what to say when he comes; I'll play it by ear.
我還沒(méi)決定他來(lái)時(shí)要說(shuō)什么，到時(shí)隨機(jī)應(yīng)變吧。　
解析：字面意思是憑記憶把聽(tīng)過(guò)的音樂(lè)彈奏出來(lái)。?
“Play（it）by ear”原是音樂(lè)用語(yǔ)，指某人不用樂(lè)譜，僅憑聽(tīng)過(guò)的記憶就可彈奏樂(lè)曲。由此意引申，“play（it）by ear”強(qiáng)調(diào)事件的“即興”成分，沒(méi)有計(jì)劃、依據(jù)當(dāng)時(shí)情況而行事，很有著“走著瞧，走一步說(shuō)一步”的味道。?
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11. prick up your ears 豎起耳朵仔細(xì)聽(tīng)

例句：He pricked up his ears when they mentioned the salary.

當(dāng)他們提到工資時(shí)，他立刻注意起來(lái)。

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其他有關(guān)ear的詞組

be all ears 聚精會(huì)神地聽(tīng),洗耳恭聽(tīng)

bend someone ear與某人喋喋不休

blow it out one’s ear胡說(shuō)八道

chew someone’s ear off對(duì)某人喋喋不休

have an ear for music有音樂(lè)方面的天賦

fall on deaf ears和沒(méi)有心思的人說(shuō)話;沒(méi)被理睬

good ear 辨別聲音

keep one’s ear to the ground注意聽(tīng)

perk up one’s ear引起注意,堅(jiān)起耳朵

play by ear 聽(tīng)過(guò)歌曲后,不看樂(lè)譜而憑記憶演奏

put a bug in someone’s ear事先給某人暗示;警告某人