Tra từ hear - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

other senses FEEL, SEE, SMELL, TASTE
see also SPEAK
- to receive sounds with your ears: hear* (sb/sth)
I can't hear very well. ◎ What can you hear? ◎ There was so much noise from the audience we could hardly hear the music.
- the ability to hear: (sense of) hearing
My hearing is getting worse.
- the part of the body that is used for receiving sounds: ear
※ the ear EAR
- to pay attention in order to hear sth: listen (to sb/sth)
Listen - can you hear the bells? ◎ to listen to music
- to manage to hear sth: hear* sth, catch* sth, get* sth
I'm sorry, I didn't quite hear what you said. Could you repeat it please? ◎ Did you catch her name? ◎ He told me the address but I didn't quite get the number.
- to hear other people's conversation by accident: overhear* sth
I'm sorry, I couldn't help overhearing your question - can I help you? ◎ I overheard them talking about me.
- if you do sth where sb else can hear it, you do it within/in their hearing; when sb is near enough to hear sb/sth, they are within earshot; opposite: out of earshot
You shouldn't say things like that in the children's hearing. ◎ Now he's out of earshot you can say what you like about him.
- if you did not hear what sb said, you can say Sorry?formal) I beg your pardon?
Sorry? What were you saying? ◎ I beg your pardon? Did you say something?
- to use a louder voice: speak* up
Could you speak up a bit please - I can't hear you properly.
※ more on listening LISTEN
※ sounds
- anything that a person or animal can hear: sound (noun C/U)
I heard the sound of a blackbird singing.
- a sound, especially if it is loud, unpleasant or unwanted: noise (noun C/U)
I thought I could hear a noise downstairs.
- a sound that can be heard is audible; opposite: inaudible
an audible sigh ◎ an almost inaudible whisper
- easy to hear: clear (adverbs clearly, loud and clear)
a very clear voice ◎ We can hear you loud and clear.
- if a noise is so loud that you cannot hear anything else, you are deafened (by it); very loud: deafening
Standing beside the road, we were deafened by the noise of the traffic. ◎ The music was deafening. I couldn't hear myself speak.
※ more on sounds SOUND
※ unable to hear well
- unable to hear anything or to hear well: deaf; noun (U): deafness
a deaf old man ◎ My mother is very deaf. ◎ His deafness can cause problems on the telephone.
- completely unable to hear: (informal) stone-deaf, (formal) profoundly deaf
- to become less able to hear well: go* deaf
I think I must be going deaf.
- deaf people: the deaf
a school for the deaf
- a device that helps deaf people to hear: hearing aid
to wear a hearing aid
- to understand what a person is saying by looking at the movements of their lips: lip-read*; noun (U): lip-reading
He lip-reads perfectly. ◎ I'm not much good at lip-reading.
- a way of communicating with hand movements: sign language (noun C/U); to communicate using signs: sign
The teacher speaks and signs at the same time.
- the words at the bottom of a cinema or television screen, showing the words that are being spoken: subtitles
She can't hear what they say but she can read the subtitles.