| 单词 | listening post |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslistening post listening post n. Military an advanced position used to discover movements or the disposition of the enemy; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > listening post listening post1916 1916 War Illustr. 5 69/1 At a listening-post. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms Listening Posts, sheltered positions in advance of a defensive line for the purpose of early detection of the enemy's movements. 1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War xv. 167 The men lying at each listening-post were freezing stiff. 1945 Life 19 Nov. 119/2 The barbed wire was up everywhere, and the few listening posts that we did have at Vichy, at General Weygand's North African Headquarters—were in perpetual danger of sabotage by the well-meaning but essentially stupid remonstrances of the more emotional Left press. 1961 Guardian 29 May 9/5 Vienna is Europe's busiest listening post. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 3 Nov. (1970) 335 John Gronouski was seated on my left and I enjoyed hearing him talk about Poland and how it serves as a sort of listening post for what is going on in Red China. 1971 J. Tunstall Journalists at Work iii. 86 Fairly standard features are centres like Hong Kong and Beirut which are used as ‘listening posts’ and jumping-off points for covering China and South East Asia, and the Middle East respectively. 1972 Guardian 25 Jan. 15/8 Paris uses the Commission mainly as a listening post to find out what the others are up to. < as lemmas |
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