| 单词 | hear |
| 释义 | hear (once / 9 pages) v When you hear, you perceive a noise made by someone or something — like a person’s voice, the song of a bird, or the torturous sound of a ticking clock on a sleepless night. While hear generally means to perceive a noise, it has several senses, including to listen carefully, as to a story. If you hear from someone, they have contacted you in some way, such as by phone call, email, or even snail mail. A judge will also hear a case when she presides over a trial. And when you hear the news, you’ve gotten information or found something out. But you didn’t hear it from me. WORD FAMILYhear: hearable, heard, hearer, hearing, hears, overhear, rehear+/hearable: hearably, unhearable/heard: heardest, heardly, unheard/hearer: hearers/hearing: hearings, rehearing, unhearing/overhear: overheard, overhearing, overhears/rehear: reheard/rehearing: rehearings/unhearing: unhearingly USAGE EXAMPLESSuch delays would upend Republican hopes of quickly holding hearings and confirming most of Trump’s top picks on Inauguration Day. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) On Monday, at the request of Roof’s former defense attorney, a judge conducted a nonpublic hearing to assess Roof’s competence. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Roof also was adamant that a transcript of a hearing where he was found mentally competent not be released to the public. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v perceive (sound) via the auditory sense Hypo|Hyper catch, overhear, take in hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers catch, getperceive by hearing comprehend, perceive to become aware of through the senses 2v receive a communication from someone We heard nothing from our son for five years Hyper pick up, receive register (perceptual input) 3v get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally Syn|Hypo discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see find, see, witness perceive or be contemporaneous with get the goods discover some bad or hidden information about wise upget wise to catch, trip updetect a blunder or misstep ascertainlearn or discover with certainty discover, findmake a discovery rake upbring to light priceascertain or learn the price of ferret, ferret outsearch and discover through persistent investigation 4v listen and pay attention We must hear the expert before we make a decision Syn|Hypo|Hyper listen, take heed incline bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet direct one's attention on something 5v examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process The jury had heard all the evidence Syn|Hypo|Hyper try rehear, retry hear or try a court case anew examine, probe question or examine thoroughly and closely |
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