ear

ear
I iə noun
1) (the part of the head by means of which we hear, or its external part only: Her new hair-style covers her ears.) øre
2) (the sense or power of hearing especially the ability to hear the difference between sounds: sharp ears; He has a good ear for music.) hørsel, gehør
•
- eardrum
- earlobe
- earmark
- earring
- earshot
- be all ears
- go in one ear and out the other
- play by ear
- up to one's ears in
- up to one's ears II iə noun
(the part of a cereal plant which contains the seed: ears of corn.) aks
øre
I
subst. \/ɪə\/
1) øre
• I got something in my ear
jeg fikk noe i øret
2) (musikk, språk) gehør, øre, sans
• she has an ear for rhythm
hun har rytmesans
3) øre, hank, (feste)flens
• the ear of the jug is broken
hanken på muggen er i stykker
4) (i avis) rammeannonse, rammeoppslag
be all ears (hverdagslig) være lutter øre
feel one's ears burning bli varm om ørene (overført) føle på seg at noen snakker om en
gain somebody's ear få noen til å lytte (til seg)
• I managed to gain Jan's ear
jeg klarte å få Jan til å lytte (til meg)
give ear to eller lend an ear eller lend one's ears to lytte til, låne øre til
• she gave ear to what he had to say
hun lyttet til det han hadde å si
give one's ears to\/for something gi\/betale hva som helst for noe
• I would give my ears for a piece of chocolate
jeg gir hva som helst for en sjokoladebit
give somebody a thick ear klappe til noen, gi noen en skikkelig ørefik
give a willing ear to lytte til, låne øre til
have an ear for music eller have an ear for rhythm ha gehør, rytmefølelse, rytmesans, ha øre for musikk, være musikalsk
• you would think he has no ear for music
en skulle tro han var umusikalsk
have somebody's ear ha innflytelse, ha en persons oppmerksomhet
• she has the president's ear
hun har innflytelse hos presidenten
have\/keep an\/one's ear to the ground holde seg godt informert, ha et åpent øre for hva som rører seg i tiden
incline one's ear to something (villig) lytte til\/på, låne øre til noe
• I inclined my ear to what she said
jeg lyttet til det hun sa
make a pig's ear of something se ➢ pig, 1
on my ear (irsk, kun om 1. person entall) småfull
• I was on my ear last night
jeg var småfull i går
play by ear (om musikkstykke) spille etter gehøret\/hukommelsen, spille uten noter (overført, også play it by ear) føle seg frem, ta ting som de kommer
pull somebody's ear eller pull somebody by the ear dra noen i øret, klype noen i øret
ring in someone's ears ringe i ørene på noen, gi gjenlyd\/gjenklang hos noen
• his words rang in my ears
ordene hans gav gjenklang i ørene mine
stop one's ears holde for ørene (overført) vende det døve øret til
turn a deaf ear to vende det døve øret til
up to one's ears with something opp til ørene med noe
II
subst. \/ɪə\/
(botanikk) aks
be in the ear stå i aks
III
verb \/ɪə\/
(botanikk) danne aks, sette aks

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