earmuff

earmuff — 名詞

1. a soft cover that you wear over each ear, held together by a curved band that fi

1.名詞B1
釋義

耳罩

套在耳朵上保暖或隔音

a soft cover that you wear over each ear, held together by a curved band that fits over your head, used especially to protect your ears from the cold when you are outside in winter or to block out loud noise

例句

Before going outside to shovel the driveway, Quinn put on her earmuffs and thick gloves.

Quinn 在出門去鏟車道積雪前，戴上了她的耳罩和厚手套。

collocation: put on + earmuffs

The construction workers wore bright orange earmuffs to protect their ears from the drilling noise.

那些建築工人戴著亮橘色的耳罩，保護耳朵不受鑽孔噪音傷害。

文法句型

a pair of earmuffs

earmuffs + verb (plural)

用法筆記

The singular form 'earmuff' refers to one of the two pieces, but the word is most often used in the plural ('earmuffs') because the items come and are worn as a pair.

常見錯誤

❌I need to buy an earmuff for winter.
✅I need to buy earmuffs for winter.
💡Earmuffs are almost always referred to in the plural because they are a pair of items.