tin ear

英 [tɪn ɪə(r)] 美 [tɪn ɪr]

网络  畸形的耳朵



双语例句

  1. He also likes to sing karaoke, but he also has a tin ear.
    他也喜欢唱卡拉ok,但是他不会唱。
  2. Even those of us with a tin ear can recognize a waltz.
    我们这些没有乐感的人也能听得出什么是华尔兹。
  3. The tin bronze is the main lining materials as tank cage and ear in mine, wears seriously in application.
    锡青铜是矿井中作为罐笼罐耳内衬套的主要材料,使用时磨损严重。
  4. Paul has a tin ear, so he keeps still when the rest of the class sings.
    保罗毫无乐感,所以班上其他人唱歌时他一声不吭。
  5. Yet the tin ear China showed for the suffering of its neighbors is even more important.
    听觉愚钝的中国表现出似乎他自己邻居的麻烦(相对海啸)更加重要些。
  6. Business has a tin ear for language. keen [ dull] sense of smell
    商业对语言文字本来就感觉鲁钝。敏锐[迟钝]的嗅觉
  7. This latest outbreak of unseemly penny-pinching is symptomatic of a governmental tin ear when it comes to the armed forces.
    近期这一连串不体面的吝啬举动充分表明政府对军队漠不关心。
  8. Beyond the tin ear, however, is American policy really as malign, muddle? Headed and incompetent as its critics say?
    然而,除了不受欢迎外,美国政策确实像那些批评所说的那样邪恶、乱和没能力吗?
  9. Whitman's campaign failings have shown her to have a relatively tin ear for California's electorate.
    怀特门竞选失败说明她对加州的选民(诉求)不敏感。
  10. In recent years, some problems have appeared in the coal supply chain such as continuous increasing of inventory, unbalance supply and demand, and the tin ear for the customer requirements.
    近年来,煤炭供应链出现了库存增加、供求不平衡、对顾客需求反应迟钝等问题。

英英释义

noun

  1. insensitivity to the appropriateness or subtlety of language
    1. he has a tin ear for dialogue

  2. an inability to distinguish differences in pitch

      Synonym:    tone deafness