quick-eared

/'kwik'iəd/

Thân thiện

The quick-eared dog heard the squirrel rustling in the bushes.

Definition

Adjective 1. Having keen or acute hearing: Describes a person or animal that can hear very well, detecting faint or distant sounds easily.

Usage

The adjective "quick-eared" is used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "be" or "seem"). It is a somewhat literary or descriptive term.

Examples

• The quick-eared guard heard the faint rustling in the bushes long before anyone else.
• Cats are famously quick-eared, able to hear the high-pitched squeak of a mouse from a considerable distance.
• The old hunter, still quick-eared, could identify bird species by their calls alone.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe someone who is very attentive to news, gossip, or subtle information in conversation.
  • The journalist was quick-eared, always the first to pick up on rumors of a political scandal.

Variants and Related Words

• Sharp-eared: A very close synonym with identical meaning.
• Keen-eared: Another direct synonym.
• Eagle-eared: An informal, emphatic variant suggesting exceptionally sharp hearing.

Synonyms

• Sharp-eared
• Keen-eared
• Acute of hearing

Antonyms

• Hard of hearing
• Deaf
• Unheeding (in the metaphorical sense)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having keen hearing

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sharp-eared