HEAR1 to hear something or someone2 the ability to hear3 when you can hear something or someone4 when you cannot hear someone or something5 make something impossible to hear6 someone who cannot hearRELATED WORDSto listen to what someone is saying, to music etc 听某人说话、听音乐等LISTENsee alsoSOUNDLOUDQUIET1 to hear something or someone 听见某物或某人的声音hear /hɪəʳ/ [intransitive/transitive verb not in progressive] Did you hear that noise? 你听到那声音了吗？ Suddenly we heard a knock at the door. 突然，我们听到有敲门声。 Say that again -- I didn't hear you. 再说一遍—我没有听见你的话。 She called after him but he kept on walking and pretended not to hear. 她在后面叫他，可他继续走着，假装没有听到。hear somebody/something doing something Neighbours heard the child screaming and called the police. 邻居们听见孩子的哭叫声，于是叫来了警察。 I could have sworn I heard the phone ringing. 我可以发誓我听到电话铃响的。hear somebody/something do something I heard the front door close, and knew that Bob had left for work. 我听到前门关上，就知道鲍勃去上班了。 Did you hear them announce the result? 你听到他们宣布结果了吗？overhear /ˌəʊvəʳˈhɪəʳ/ [transitive verb not in progressive]to accidentally hear what someone is saying, when they do not realize that you can hear them 无意中听见，偶然听到 Claire, who was outside the door, overheard their conversation. 克莱尔在门外，无意中听到了他们的谈话。overhear somebody saying/talking etc We overheard Jenny and her friends talking about their boyfriends last night. 昨晚我们无意中听到珍妮和她朋友在谈论她们的男朋友。I couldn't help overhearingsay this when you have accidentally overheard someone saying something 我无意中听到 I couldn't help overhearing you and Jim last night - is something wrong? 昨晚我无意中听到了你和吉姆的谈话——出什么事了吗？2 the ability to hear 听力hearing /ˈhɪərɪŋ/ [uncountable noun]somebody's hearing My hearing's not very good - can you speak a little louder please? 我的听力不是很好—请你说大声一点好吗?sense of hearing Bats have a very powerful sense of hearing. 蝙蝠的听觉很灵敏。lose your hearingbecome unable to hear 失去听力 Paula lost her hearing after a tragic car accident. 葆拉在一场不幸的车祸中丧失了听力。loss of hearing Years of playing in a rock band had resulted in a loss of hearing. 长期在摇滚乐队里演奏导致听力丧失。3 when you can hear something or someone 能听见某物或某人的声音can hear /kən ˈhɪəʳ/ [verb phrase] You don't have to shout, I can hear you! 你用不着大喊大叫，我能听见！ The explosion could be heard over 10 miles away. 十多英里之外都能听到爆炸声。 Can you hear all right or do you want me to turn the television up? 你听得清楚吗，要不要我把电视机的声音调大些？can hear somebody/something doing something We knew he was asleep because we could hear him snoring. 我们知道他睡着了，因为我们听到他在打鼾。can hear what somebody says Could you hear what she was saying? 你能听到她在说什么吗？can make out /kən ˌmeɪk ˈaʊt/ [verb phrase]if youcan make out what someone is saying, you can hear them but it is difficult 勉强听到 She was crying and the only thing I could make out was Lou's name. 她在哭，我只隐约听到卢的名字。 Sarah spoke so softly that Kathryn could hardly make out her words. 萨拉说得很轻，凯瑟琳几乎听不清她的话。 Now and then I could just make out George's voice above the music. 我只是偶尔能从音乐声中隐约听到乔治的声音。 I could make out the sound of thunder in the distance. 我隐约听到了远处的雷声。audible /ˈɔːdɪbəl, ˈɔːdəbəl/ [adjective]loud enough to be heard 听得见的 The signal is clearly audible up to 200 miles away. 这个信号在200英里的范围内都能清楚听见。 When the engine finally started she gave an audible sigh of relief. 引擎终于发动了，她出声地舒了一口气。barely audiblealmost not audible 难以听到的 His voice was barely audible above the noise of the generator. 发电机的声音太响，几乎听不见他说话的声音。within earshot /wɪðɪn ˈɪəʳʃɒtǁ-ʃɑːt/ [adverb]if you arewithin earshot, you are near enough to someone to be able to hear what they are saying 在听力范围内 You can play anywhere on the beach as long as you stay within earshot. 你可以在海滩上任何地方玩，只要在听得到我们的范围内就可以了。within earshot of Two of the shop assistants were complaining loudly within earshot of the customers. 其中两名店员就在顾客能听到的地方大声地抱怨着。carry /ˈkæri/ [intransitive verb]if a soundcarries, it can be heard a long distance away from where the sound was made 〔声音〕传送，传播 Deeper sounds carry further than high-pitched ones. 低沉的声音比调子高的声音传得更远。carry across/down/through etc something Their voices carried across the lake to where we were sitting. 他们的声音传到了湖这边我们坐着的地方。4 when you cannot hear someone or something 听不见某人或某物的声音can't hear /ˌkɑːnt ˈhɪəʳǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase] Speak up a bit. I can't hear you. 大声点儿，我听不见你。 Could you turn the radio up - I can't hear the news. 请把收音机调响一点—我听不到新闻。！ Let's move nearer to the front. I can't hear very well here. 我们到前面一点吧，这里我听得不是很清楚。 The music was so loud that I couldn't hear what she was saying. 音乐很响，我听不见她在说什么。didn't hear /ˌdɪdnt ˈhɪəʳ/use this when you did not hear something at all, especially when you did not realize there was anything to hear 〔完全〕没有听见〔尤指不知道有事情可听〕 I was outside in the yard, so I didn't hear the phone. 我在外面院子里，所以没有听到电话铃响。 She was staring out of the window and didn't hear the teacher. 她眼睛看着窗外，没有听见老师说话。didn't hear somebody do something What time did you get back last night? I didn't hear you come in. 你昨天晚上什么时候回来的？我没听见你进来。didn't hear somebody/something doing something She didn't hear the car pulling up outside the house. 她没有听见汽车停在屋子外面。didn't catch /ˌdɪdnt ˈkætʃ/ [verb phrase]spokensay this when you did not hear what someone said, because they were speaking too quietly or because you were not listening carefully 【口】没听见〔因对方声音太轻或你没有仔细听〕 ‘What did he just say?’ ‘I didn't quite catch it.’ “他刚才说什么？”“我听得不是很清楚。” I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name. 不好意思，我没有听清你的名字。 He turned away from me so I didn't catch what he said. 他转过身去了，所以我没有听清楚他说什么。can't make something out /ˌkɑːnt meɪk something ˈaʊtǁˌkænt-/ [verb phrase]spokento not be able to hear what someone is saying because it is very quiet or unclear 【口】听不出，听不清〔说话〕 Mat whispered something but I couldn't make out the words. 马特在低声说着什么，但我听不清他的话。 She knew they were arguing though she couldn't make out exactly what they were saying, 她知道他们在争吵，但听不清楚他们具体在说什么。inaudible /ɪnˈɔːdɪbəl, ɪnˈɔːdəbəl/ [adjective]not loud enough to be heard 听不见的 Nick's voice was inaudible through the glass barrier. 由于隔着玻璃屏障，听不见尼克的声音。 Three girls were singing something but their words were almost inaudible. 三个女孩子在唱着什么，但歌词几乎听不见。out of earshot /ˌaʊt əv ˈɪəʳʃɒtǁ-ʃɑːt/ [adverb]if you areout of earshot you are not near enough to someone or something to be able to hear them 在听力范围外 As soon as the guards were out of earshot, Grimes explained his plans. 卫兵一走到听不见的地方，格兰姆斯马上说明了他的计划。out of earshot of The social worker wanted to talk to the children out of earshot of their parents. 社会工作者想在家长听不到的地方和这些孩子谈谈。5 make something impossible to hear 使某种声音听不见drown out /ˌdraʊn ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb]if somethingdrowns something or someoneout, it is so loud or noisy that you cannot hear them properly 淹没；压过〔某物或某人的声音〕 His voice was drowned out by the traffic. 他的说话声被来往的车辆声淹没了。drown out something The applause from the audience almost drowned out the music. 观众的掌声几乎盖过了音乐。drown something out Some of the crowd were now hissing and stamping their feet in an attempt to drown him out. 人群中有些人又是发嘘声又是跺脚，试图盖过他的声音。6 someone who cannot hear 听不见的人deaf /def/ [adjective] Her second child, Oscar, was born deaf. 她的第二个儿子奥斯卡，生下来就耳聋。 There is no reason why deaf people wouldn't lead perfectly normal lives. 耳聋的人没有理由不过完全正常的生活。go deafbecome deaf 变聋 You'll need to speak quite loudly because my father's going deaf. 你要说得很大声，因为我父亲耳朵不灵了。the deafdeaf people 耳聋的人 More programmes these days have subtitles for the deaf. 现在有更多的节目提供字幕给耳聋的人看。stone deaf/deaf as a postespecially Britishcompletely deaf 【尤英】完全耳聋的 Mr Farrer, a white-haired man in his fifties, had been stone deaf since he was a child. 法勒先生满头白发，50开外，从小就完全失聪。deafness [uncountable noun] Deafness should not be an obstacle to finding work. 耳聋不应成为求职的障碍。be hard of hearing /biː ˌhɑːʳd əv ˈhɪərɪŋ/ [verb phrase]to be unable to hear well 有听力困难，听觉不灵 My grandfather's a little hard of hearing, so he has the TV on very loud. 我祖父有点耳背，所以他把电视开得很响。the hard of hearingpeople who are hard of hearing 有听力障碍的人 The library provides films with subtitles for the hard of hearing. 图书馆为有听力障碍的人提供有字幕的电影。hearing impaired /ˈhɪərɪŋ ɪmˌpeəʳd/ [adjective only before noun]not able to hear - use this especially about things that are provided especially for people who cannot hear.Hearing impaired is a more polite word than deaf有听力障碍的〔尤用于指给这些人用的东西；比deaf有礼貌〕 Each lecture will be translated by the signer for the benefit of hearing impaired students. 每堂课都将由会手语的人翻译，以方便有听力障碍的学生。 special classes for hearing impaired children 为有听力障碍的儿童而设的特殊课程
