| 单词 | to burst a person's eardrums |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto burst (also break, split, etc.) a person's eardrums In hyperbolic phrase to burst (also break, split, etc.) a person's eardrums: (of a noise) to be so loud that it appears to damage the eardrums. ΚΠ 1833 Entomol. Mag. July 329 A wild shriek of horror or fright burst from all the horses at once,—it seemed to crack one's ear-drums. 1899 Sat. Evening Post 29 Apr. 691/1 Through them and over them they rode, till the yelping of the dying hounds was like to split their eardrums. 1941 Amer. Boy Feb. 12/3 ‘My cats!’ Lee said, amazed, and the voice almost split his eardrums as it came back. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate v. 122 Gardnor's hushed confidence continued to scorch Freddy's ear-drums. 2005 Wire Dec. 58/3 Mattin and Goldie can burst eardrums..but..[they] use disturbingly quiet passages and slow menacing drones to equally devastating effect. < as lemmas |
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