| 单词 | on or upon the listen |
| 释义 | > as lemmason or upon the listen a. The action or an act of listening; a spell of listening or attentive hearing. Also listen-out (after look-out). Chiefly in on or upon the listen: in the act of listening. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > listening hearkeningc1000 hearinga1225 listening13.. audiencec1405 earc1503 harking1530 exaudition1617 auscultation1634 listen1788 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [adverb] > listening on or upon the listen1788 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > listening attentively listeninga1275 attending1599 whole-eared1681 on or upon the listen1788 wide-eared1866 ear-bending1912 1788 ‘Aspasia’ in Amer. Museum iv. 565 Every time the door opens, or a foot is on the stairs, you are on the listen. 1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) II. 151 They are always upon the listen in this house. 1807 tr. Three Germans I. 6 Not the faintest..sound..reached their attentive listen. 1807 tr. Three Germans II. 30 He remained upon the silent listen. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. xii. 255 The anxious listen, the wistful look, and the dropping tear, of the disconsolate dams. 1834 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 36 729 They were alarmed, as they kept a listen-out, by an incessant barking. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 397 Mrs. Hawkey is..clearing her throat for a long talk, myself settled down..for a long listen. 1884 G. M. Fenn Sweet Mace II. xiii. 223 She was often on the watch, and always on the listen. 1935 World-Radio 5 July 9/1 People like me, who..are constantly on the listen with half an ear for something. 1968 J. Philips Hot Summer Killing (1969) iii. ii. 138 Take a listen while I try to find Jerry. 1968 C. Watson Charity ends at Home x. 122 So what I did was to pull off to the side and have a proper listen under the lid. 1970 P. Bair Tribunal ii. i. 60 ‘Did you have a nice talk?’ ‘I had a long listen.’ 1971 It 2 June 19/3 Give it a listen. < as lemmas |
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