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单词 to lend open ear
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to lend (also give) (an) open ear
e. Of the ears: listening, attentive, receptive. with open ears: attentively. to lend (also give) (an) open ear and variants: to give one's full attention, esp. with the implication of receptiveness or open-mindedness.
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c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 1128 (MED) Alle þe oðere hercneden mid swiðe open earen.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 257 Me ssel habbe þe earen opene uor to hyere bleþeliche þe guode wordes.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xiiv To geue open eare to his request.
a1582 J. Harington Boy that should content me Wondrous Well in Wks. (1971) ii. 114 An open ear to good enstructions bound.
c1601 Teares our Sauiour in Garden in Song Mary Mother of Christ 26 Father, regard my suite with open eares.
1709 R. Gould To Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert, Bishop of Sarum in Wks. I. 95 Heav'ns Ear is open when good Princes kneel.
1794 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor II. vi. 80 I still had an open ear for vanity, which was not a little tickled by the frequent terms of applause and admiration.
1833 C. Williams Fall River viii. 184 A great crowd..who were listening with open ears and gaping mouths.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. vii. 51 Then he went to Barchester; not open-mouthed with inquiry, but rather with open ears.
1994 Jrnl. Politics 56 1151 An umpire government ostensibly giving open ear to all organizing group interests.
2002 Newsday (Electronic ed.) 17 May We have to lend an open ear to large groups of people, such as the PTAs.
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