| 单词 | hear |
| 释义 | hear —hearable, adj. —hearer, n. /hear/, v. , heard /herrd/, hearing. v.t. 1. to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell? 2. to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news. 3. to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of the argument. 4. to be among the audience at or of (something): to hear a recital. 5. to give a formal, official, or judicial hearing to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly: to hear a case. 6. to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone): to hear the defendant. 7. to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance. 8. (of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition. v.i. 9. to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations. 10. to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend. 11. to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often fol. by of): I will not hear of your going. 12. (of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition. 13. (used interjectionally in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech). [bef. 950; ME heren, OE heran, hieran; c. D horen, G hören, ON heyra, Goth hausjan; perh. akin to Gk akoúein (see ACOUSTIC)] Syn. 1, 2. attend. HEAR, LISTEN apply to the perception of sound. To HEAR is to have such perception by means of the auditory sense: to hear distant bells. To LISTEN is to give attention in order to hear and understand the meaning of a sound or sounds: to listen to what is being said; to listen for a well-known footstep. 4. attend. 7. regard, heed. Ant. 7. disregard. |
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