英和和英

読み方 そばだてる

他動詞

用例

• 耳をそばだてる
  to prick up one's ears―cock one's ears―strain one's ears

• 耳をそばだてて聞く
  to listen
• 人が僕の話をしているから耳をそばだてて聞いた
  As they were talking about me, I strained my ears and listened
  I listened with strained ears
  I was all ears.
• 利益の話をすると皆耳をそばだてて聞く
  When one talks of advantages, everybody pricks up his ears.
• 目をそばだてる
  to gaze―stand at gaze
• 人の目をそばだてさせる
  to set people at gaze―attract the attention of people
• 英国では人がどんな変なことをしても目をそばだてる者が無い
  However whimsical a thing a man may do in England, he attracts nobody's attention.