英语词汇“to believe one's ears”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to believe one's ears: to credit that one can have heard rightly (chiefly with negative expressed or implied). Cf. to believe one's (own) eyes at eye n.¹ Phrases 2b.

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1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. iii. sig. P.viii^v What euer it chaunce the of any to heare, Thyne eye not consenting, beleue not thyne eare.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. f. cc^v They did neither perfectly beleue theyr owne iyes, nor theyr eares, nor theyr handes.

1624 S. Jerome Irelands Iubilee Pref. 2 He now being more incredulous then that Didymus, which will not beleeve his eare, in that which is vox populi, without the sight of his owne eye.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle i. 5 You may believe your ears; 'Tis I be gad.

1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 14 Good gracious, can I believe my eyes or my ears!

1807 C. Lamb Tales from Shakespear I. 200 Lear at first could not believe his eyes or ears, nor that it was his daughter who spoke so unkindly.

a1885 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead (1886) I. viii. 162 He..blamed my partner, who could scarcely believe his ears.

1930 C. Beaton Diary 5 Apr. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) i. 11 Since my friends in New York had told me how unmalicious I was, I could now hardly believe my ears.

1959 P. H. Johnson Unspeakable Skipton (1961) 57 A peal of laughter so pure, so uninhibited, so boyish and so joyful that Daniel could not believe his ears.

2004 D. King Pornographer Diaries xviii. 223 I couldn't believe my ears, here was WPC Kensington, who only last week had me in cuffs, offering to give me money to take pictures of her rhubarb.

单词	to believe one's ears
释义	> as lemmas to believe one's ears d. to believe one's ears: to credit that one can have heard rightly (chiefly with negative expressed or implied). Cf. to believe one's (own) eyes at eye n.¹ Phrases 2b. ΚΠ 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. iii. sig. P.viii^v What euer it chaunce the of any to heare, Thyne eye not consenting, beleue not thyne eare. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. f. cc^v They did neither perfectly beleue theyr owne iyes, nor theyr eares, nor theyr handes. 1624 S. Jerome Irelands Iubilee Pref. 2 He now being more incredulous then that Didymus, which will not beleeve his eare, in that which is vox populi, without the sight of his owne eye. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle i. 5 You may believe your ears; 'Tis I be gad. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 14 Good gracious, can I believe my eyes or my ears! 1807 C. Lamb Tales from Shakespear I. 200 Lear at first could not believe his eyes or ears, nor that it was his daughter who spoke so unkindly. a1885 ‘H. Conway’ Living or Dead (1886) I. viii. 162 He..blamed my partner, who could scarcely believe his ears. 1930 C. Beaton Diary 5 Apr. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) i. 11 Since my friends in New York had told me how unmalicious I was, I could now hardly believe my ears. 1959 P. H. Johnson Unspeakable Skipton (1961) 57 A peal of laughter so pure, so uninhibited, so boyish and so joyful that Daniel could not believe his ears. 2004 D. King Pornographer Diaries xviii. 223 I couldn't believe my ears, here was WPC Kensington, who only last week had me in cuffs, offering to give me money to take pictures of her rhubarb. extracted from earn.¹ < as lemmas
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