| 释义 |
earful colloq.|ˈɪəfʊl|
[f. ear n.1 + -ful 2.]
As much (talk) as one's ears can take in at one time; a large quantity (of talk, gossip, etc.); a strong reprimand, a ‘piece of one's mind’.
1917R. W. Lardner Gullible's Travels (1926) 27, I and my Missus and Mrs. Hatch clubbed together on the straps and I got a earful o' the real dope. 1922S. Ford Trilby May crashes In x. 159 A parlor Bolshevist..had started to give me an earful about the downtrodden. 1927A. Clarke Son of Learning iii. 56, I have heard an earful of good stories. 1929W. R. Burnett Little Caesar iv. i. 106, I want the boys to get an earful. Go ahead and spill it. Ibid. ii. 119 I'll have to go over and give that bird an earful. 1944W. Stevens Let. 13 Mar. (1967) 462 He said that the Germans had not changed since Tacitus described them. Considering that I was only waiting for the shop to open, this was rather an earful. 1945L. A. G. Strong Othello's Occupation 49 She got one of the hottest earfuls I ever heard. 1946F. Sargeson That Summer 56, I tried to get an earful when I heard somebody out on the landing-place. 1964Times 11 Feb. 11/7, I used to put a bottle on the seat and if it rolled off when the pupil let his clutch out, he got an earful. |