cloth-ears

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who cannot hear clearly or who fails to pay attention to what is said. UK,dated,derogatory,informal

词形变化

cloth-ears plural

词源

The origin of the term is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is "I wish you'd listen. Have you got cloth ears?" from Carnival, a novel by Compton Mackenzie (1912).
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