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单词 ear-string
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ear-string
ear-string n. Obsolete an imaginary organ that facilitates the sense of hearing (cf. eye-string n., heartstring n.). In quot. a1645 poetic, probably suggesting both the imaginary organ and a piece of jewellery.
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a1645 W. Strode Poet. Wks. (1907) 44 (title of poem) An eare-stringe.
1702 L'Estrange's Visions of Quevedo Burlesqu'd i. 20 Women..Who, with their Tongues eternal clack, Have made our very Ear-Strings crack.
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiv. 148 The ear-strings throb as if they were broke.
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