earball

发音

UK /ˈɪə.bɔːl/
US /ˈɪəɹ.bɔl/
/ˈɪəɹ.bɑl/

词形变化

earballs 复数 earballs earballed earballing earballs 三单 earballing 现在分词 earballed 过去式 earballed 过去分词

别名

ear ball

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The ear.

    幽默

    to keep one's earballs open

    up to one's earballs

    My earballs hurt from listening to this.

  2. 2.

    The act or an instance of listening.

  3. 3.

    A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.

v.
  1. 1.

    To listen, especially to check.

    及物

词源

From ear + ball. Noun sense 1 and the verb are modeled after eyeball.

来源：wiktionary