| 单词 | ear for music |
| 释义 | > as lemmasear for music 6. A facility with or aptitude for analysing or appreciating the sound of music. More fully musical ear (see musical adj. Compounds 1), ear for music. Also in extended use in relation to verse, prose, etc.Frequently with modifying adjective, esp. in good ear. Cf. tin ear n. (b) at tin n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > type or quality of hearing > [noun] > discriminating ear1526 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHiiii In the psalmody..haue a good eare. 1606 W. Hubbock Great Brittaines Resurrection sig. F4 As the cunning eye in pictures, the skillfull eare in musicke discerneth more then the vulgar sort. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 30 Oct. (1972) VII. 348 Singing with my wife, who hath lately begun to learn..though her ear is not good. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 313. ⁋9 I have no Ear for Musick. 1779 W. Cowper Let. 31 Oct. (1979) I. 307 I am convinced..that he has no Ear for Poetical Numbers. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xii. 220 The ear distinguishes verse from prose. 1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 226 A fine ear for music. 1895 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. July 11 This is [James Fenimore] Cooper. He was not a word-musician. His ear was satisfied with the approximate word. 1939 D. Thomas Let. June (1987) 382 My criticism of your critical suggestion in this instance is that your ‘ear’ is deaf to the logic of my poem. 1989 E. Pyle in D. Nichols Ernie's Amer. (1990) Introd. p. xxxiii Here was a likeable reporter with an uncannily good ear for American idiom. 1996 Music Week 27 Apr. 12/2 Its 14 tracks mixing McNabb's wit, pop sensibility, ear for a tune and penchant for ballsy guitar in equal measure. 2004 Computer Music (Beginners Special) Apr. 50/2 Combined with the right samples and an ear for music, you can quickly knock up your own polished songs in practically no time at all. < as lemmas |
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