单词 | to open a person's ears |
释义 | > as lemmasto open a person's ears c. transitive. to open one's ears: to listen, esp. willingly or attentively; to pay attention. to open a person's ears: to cause a person to listen or be receptive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen to listc897 harkc1175 to open one's earsa1200 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 tend1340 to lay to one's eara1382 attend1447 hearken to1526 to listen one's ears (or an ear) toa1533 to hear to1833 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 35 (MED) Hie openeden hi [s] earen to luste þe defles lore. c1450 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Rawl.) (1869) B. x. l. 77 (MED) God is def now a dayes and deyneth [not] his heres to opne. 1570 J. God Disc. Great Crueltie of Widowe l. 1189 Opening still mine eare To such fond talke as yours. 1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham vii. f. 26 He hath not opened..both [his ears] vnto him which hath sinistrelie..slaundered me. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. l. 5 The Lord God hath opened mine eare, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backe. View more context for this quotation 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 74 I..began to open my ears, the better to understand so efficacious a proof. 1749 H. Fielding Hist. Tom Jones III. xi. 241 These Demands..grew at last so frequent and exorbitant, that my Father, by slow Degrees, opened his Ears to the Accounts. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. viii. 132 I have told my son what I cannot, but let him open his ears to what I can do. 1875 E. Clodd Childhood Relig. i. 2 If you wish to open..your ears to the sounds that give forth no unsweet notes. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 20/3 If only we would open our eyes and ears, look and listen. 1994 Gramophone July 79/2 Right from the start she opens your ears to the mystery of shadowland and dark. 2012 F. S. Sizer et al. Nutrition (ed. 2) xiv. 559 Those who are prone to gain weight will often open their ears to news about calories in fast foods. < as lemmas |
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