英语词汇“to play it by ear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(c) figurative. By instinct or improvisation according to results and circumstances, rather than according to rules or a plan. Esp. in to play it by ear.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with caution

to make it wisec1405

to feel (out) one's waya1450

to beat the bush1526

to beat about the bush1572

callc1650

to call canny1814

go-easy1860

to plough around1888

pussyfoot1902

to play it by ear1922

1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. iii. 66 I knew an amiable and accomplished person who undertook a practical reform, yet I was never able to find in him the enterprise of love he took in hand. He adopted it by ear and by the understanding, from the books he had been reading.

1922 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 335 Jefferson played by ear not only in fiddling and in statesmanship but in his supreme accomplishment of architecture.

1931 N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Sept. 17/2 The newspaper industry, which, except for its dealings with..members of the labor unions, is run pretty much by ear.

1961 L. Gribble Wantons die Hard xiii. 161 ‘I'm playing this by ear,’ he grunted once when the American queried the devious route he was following.

1961 A. Smith East-Enders xi. 183 ‘What happens then?’ ‘I don't know... We're playing it by ear at the moment.’

1991 Atlantic Jan. 70/2 They have agreed that they will spend the morning at the pueblo and then drive to the D.H. Lawrence ranch; the afternoon they will ‘play by ear’.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Feb. xiii. 5/2 Like the engines they work on, these kids are generations evolved from the days of the shade-tree mechanic who often played it by ear.

单词	to play it by ear
释义	> as lemmas to play it by ear (c) figurative. By instinct or improvisation according to results and circumstances, rather than according to rules or a plan. Esp. in to play it by ear. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)] > proceed with caution to make it wisec1405 to feel (out) one's waya1450 to beat the bush1526 to beat about the bush1572 callc1650 to call canny1814 go-easy1860 to plough around1888 pussyfoot1902 to play it by ear1922 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. iii. 66 I knew an amiable and accomplished person who undertook a practical reform, yet I was never able to find in him the enterprise of love he took in hand. He adopted it by ear and by the understanding, from the books he had been reading. 1922 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 335 Jefferson played by ear not only in fiddling and in statesmanship but in his supreme accomplishment of architecture. 1931 N.Y. Herald Tribune 18 Sept. 17/2 The newspaper industry, which, except for its dealings with..members of the labor unions, is run pretty much by ear. 1961 L. Gribble Wantons die Hard xiii. 161 ‘I'm playing this by ear,’ he grunted once when the American queried the devious route he was following. 1961 A. Smith East-Enders xi. 183 ‘What happens then?’ ‘I don't know... We're playing it by ear at the moment.’ 1991 Atlantic Jan. 70/2 They have agreed that they will spend the morning at the pueblo and then drive to the D.H. Lawrence ranch; the afternoon they will ‘play by ear’. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Feb. xiii. 5/2 Like the engines they work on, these kids are generations evolved from the days of the shade-tree mechanic who often played it by ear. extracted from earn.¹ < as lemmas
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