mind's ear
名词 n.
英 /maɪndz‿ˈɪə/
美 /maɪndz‿ˈɪəɹ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.
— The thinking Sculpture helps to raiſe / Deep thoughts, the Genii of the place: / To the minds ear, and invvard ſight, / There ſilence ſpeaks, and ſhade gives light: […]
词源
From mind (noun) + -’s (possessive marker) + ear, probably modelled after mind’s eye.
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