have one's ears lowered

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To get a haircut. dated,humorous,idiomatic
    — When you need a haircut, you go to a barber, so here I am at Tommy's Bronxville's tonsorial prepared to get clipped. Or, as we said as kids, have my ears lowered.

词形变化

has one's ears lowered present,singular,third-person having one's ears lowered participle,present had one's ears lowered participle,past had one's ears lowered past

词源

Hair cuts change the relative position of the end of a person's hair and the person's ears and the term is based on the humorous supposition that the same effect could have been achieved by moving the ears lower down the person's face.
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