: You can't go—do you
hear me? ft ft ft ft:
B/f M 7 ? —more at last1 n.,
thing, voice n.
IJaiikm 'hear from sb | hear sth from sb to receive a letter,
email, phone call, etc. from sb i& 3\ H A (ft fit ft ( ) ; #i!JHAM,E: Hook
forward to hearing from you. Bfr M lr ift 3\ ft W fa 0 0 I haven't heard
anything from her for months. lift o 'hear of sb/sth | 'hear sth of sb/sth to know about sb/sth
because you have been told about them n/fift, f# ( HA/ HA ) : I’ve never heard of
the place. M A & M
M lk ft fife A „ 0 She disappeared and was
never heard of again. MMAT, # tl A ff f>J M M M J§> o O The last I heard of
him he was living in
ifti^ft#! not 'hear of sth to refuse to let sb do
sth, especially because you want to help them ( ^cftftft ) Hi/ she wanted to walk
home but I wouldn’t hear of it. M
$1 A Ar MM, ffl Wt
ft A ft ft 0 0 [+ -ing] He wouldn't hear of my
walking home alone, ftftih?lc3&i—*Aft0lCo
— see also unheard-of .hear sb out to listen until sb has
finished saying what they want to say n/rftAftigftft hearer /'hiara(r); NAmE 'hir-/ noun a person who hears
sth or who is listening to sb A; M# hear ing Ch* /'hiariri; NAmE'hir-l noun 1 [U] the ability to hear
B/f A ; oft 'ft: Her hearing is poor. M ft ft: ft M o 0 He’s hearing-impaired (= not able to hear
well), ftftft^ffio —see also hard of
hearing 2 [C] an official meeting at which the facts about a crime,
complaint, etc. are presented to the person or group of people who will have to
decide what action to take ft ifl,; ft M ; ft ft; ft iiE ft: a court/disciplinary
hearing gift; 3 [sing ] an
opportunity to explain your
actions, ideas or opinions (5A, «ft: to
get/give sb a fair hearing fffij / AftiE:&ij ft j^jlft
o His views may be
unfashionable but he deserves a hearing. o
ffiTOI in/within (sb’s)
'hearing near enough to sb so that they can hear what is said
ft ( ft A ) fttfft^fSSl A PTITl within earshot : She shouldn’t have said such things in
your hearing.
Mfti&T^ftftffiliti&jiftA 'If 0 o I had no reason to
believe there was anyone within hearing. ^ft/BfgjSIH-^ftAifttffto
out
of hearing too far away to hear sb/sth or to be heard fij % A® ft ft JE; ft ft iJ fB ft: She had moved out of
hearing. B^ftft®J0
‘hearing
aid noun a small device that
fits inside the ear and makes sounds louder, used by people who cannot hear
well Sb ft H: to have/wear a hearing aid ft / M
fftftH
‘hearing dog noun a dog trained to make a deaf person (=
person who cannot hear well) aware of sounds such as the ringing of a telephone
or a doorbell A (
P|B| )
heark en (also hark-en) /‘ha:ken; NAmE 'hairken/ verb [V] ~ (to sb/sth) (old use) to listen to sb/sth {§PJt ; #ft hearsay /'hiesei; NAmE 'hirsei/ noun [U] things that you
have heard from another person but do not (definitely) know to be true itftjiiift; We can’t make a deci
sion based on hearsay and
guesswork. ficiS Alls fit o o hearsay evidence # H fftiiEP hearse /h3is; NAmE h3irs/ noun a long vehicle used
for carrying the coffin (= the box for the dead body) at a funeral Aft; iSft heart 0-w /ha:t;
NAmEhairt/ noun ► PART OF BODY
ft ft ft ft 1 [C] the organ in the chest that sends blood around
the body, usually on the left in humans ft; ftlft: The patient’s heart
stopped beating for a few seconds. ^ A (ft ft' ©fc ft ^ T
/l # It1 „ o heart trouble/failure ft J34 ^ 0 to have a weak
heart A' I£ ft £p o I could feel my heart
pounding in my chest (= because of excitement etc.). Sf$A'
ft I® 1$ It tfj
# o — picture o body — see also
CORONARY HEART DISEASE at CORONARY, OPEN-HEART
surgery 2 [C] (literary) the outside part of the chest
where the heart is H ft ft U4 (ft ft ft : She clasped the photo
to her heart.
MftlffifrHMJ&j&ftftlto
►
FEELINGS/EMOTIONS >M fit , ft If 3 [C] the place in a person where
the feelings and emotions are thought to be, especially those connected with
love A ft'; ft ®;
( ) Sft: She has a kind heart. Mft—fl#
I'o o Have you no heart? ft
ft—AII] ff A' ®f ? 0 He returned with a heavy heart (= sad).
T o 0 Her novels tend to deal
with affairs of the heart.
o The story captured the
hearts and minds of a generation, lift A ft ft fill ft, ftAWiilffBE^o — see
also broken heart
►
-HEARTED ft- ft 4 (in adjectives is)) having the
type of
character or personality mentioned ft • ■ • ft
( ^crp1# ) #J: cold-hearted f^BS/£fif 0 kind-hearted
ftM
►
IMPORTANT PART l^ftft 5 [sing.] ~ (of sth)
the most
important part of sth Jr/ft It ft'; lc/ft the heart of the
matter/problem 0- ‘If / |'p] @ It ft' 0 The committee’s report went to the
heart of the government’s dilemma. o The
distinction between right and
wrong lies at the heart of all questions of morality. M
fk ff ft H ^ l«l M iW
Itfto
►
CENTRE Aft
6 [C, usually sing.] ~ (of sth) the part that is in the centre of
sth A ft'; A : a quiet hotel in the very heart of the city — left Aft A
►
OF CABBAGE # ft' A 7 [C] the smaller leaves in the middle of a cabbage, lettuce, etc. HA'
►
SHAPE 8 [C] a thing shaped like a heart, often red
and used
as a symbol of love ft' % ; ( # It %. |iE M
^ ) £1
A': The
words ‘I love you’ were written inside a big red heart. “&&&” ft—AA£lA' !o
►
IN CARD GAMES ® hearts [pi., U] one of the four
sets of cards (called suits) in a pack/deck of cards, with red heart symbols on them ( , £IA'
the queen of hearts UttDg 0 Hearts is/are trumps. —-picture o playing card 10 [C] one card from the set of hearts ( —7fc ) il'b'ffc-. Who
played that heart? &££#&?
irm at 'heart used to say what sb is really like even though they may seem to be sth
different A A' M; AM ±: He’s still a socialist at heart, fife AM ±15 Aft £ A Xfto break sb’s 'heart to make sb feel very unhappy
MA'Sft She
broke his heart when she called off the engagement. M ft jiff ^ ft A 2. A' W o 0 It breaks my heart to
see you like this.
IS ft
ft o by 'heart (BrE also off by 'heart) using only your memory A- % id 1Z ; f% W ii : I’ve dialled the
number so many times I know it by heart.
TfPiSft T o 0 She’s learnt the whole
speech off by heart, j® S Sf <P ft $ Juf
dose/dear/near
to
sb's 'heart having
a lot of importance end interest for sb AHXfftM. from the (bottom of
your)
'heart in a way that
is sincere %
M life; JA A A' ( H/L ) : I beg you, from the bottom of my
heart, to spare his life. MBGo 0 It was
clearly an offer that came
from the heart. IP
0f] M fk A give sb (fresh) ‘heart to make sb feel positive,
especially when they thought that they had no chance of achieving sth & JM
H A; MH Ali ft give
your ’heart to sb to give your love to one person HA; M A' have a 1 heart! (informal) used to ask sb to be kind and/or
reasonable A ‘M. If A' ; Wt- A 'If S BE have a heart of 'gold to be a very kind person jK ftr;
A' M IS have a heart of 'stone to be a person who does not show
others sympathy or pity ^ 5A'®; T^BS^'I# heart and ‘soul with a lot of energy and enthusiasm it ^ tt A S& A M^ A' ft M: They threw
themselves heart and soul into the project. iMl A A'^^lfeSA JftAM @ o your heart goes 'out to sb used to say that you feel a lot of
sympathy for sb A 5 [W] If ; '14 IS]: Our hearts go out to
the families of the victims. iciiAIlWI'lf SPS^W^^HAo sb’s heart is in their 'mouth somebody feels nervous or frightened about
sth ^A'ft®; ftStfiJ 7#ftiUL sb’s heart is in the right 'place used to say that sb’s intentions are