释义 
		[ lis -uh -ner ] SHOW IPA 
/ ˈlɪs ə nər / PHONETIC RESPELLING 
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noun someone who gives attention with the ear, especially for the purpose of hearing specific sounds, speech, instructions, etc.: At story time, you may choose to be a reader or a listener.  
someone who listens to a radio broadcast or to a specific radio program: They attract teenage listeners with pop songs about first love.  
Origin of listener  First recorded in 1600–20; listen + -er1  
Words nearby listener  listed security, listee, listel, listen, listenable, listener , listenership, listen in, listening post, listen to reason, lister
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Example sentences from the Web for listener Social media twists everything, but on radio, it is my voice directly to the listener .
I'm Not Country or Pop. I'm Just Pure Garth Brooks. | David Masciotra| September 10, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The emotional capacity is very small, for the listener  as well.
Can Linda Perry Save Music? | Kevin Fallon| July 16, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The reaction of The Archers Twitter-faithful was summed up by one listener : “Oooohhhhhhhh.”
America, Presenting Your New Addiction: ‘The Archers’ | Tim Teeman| April 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The playlist becomes more refined as the listener  interacts with the system by approving or disapproving of songs.
Why Apple’s iTunes Radio Isn’t a Threat to Pandora or Spotify…Yet | Lauren DeLisa Coleman| November 12, 2013| DAILY BEAST
A listener  from Thousand Oaks put me in touch with the Dachshund rescue center where I adopted Lisa-Marie.
Here's How Kevin James Would Make Los Angeles Better for Animals | Justin Green| February 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
By exception, one listener  sat it out with unwearied attention.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 | Various
Miss Elsham was just inside the door, where she had posted herself as a spectator and listener .
Joan of Arc of the North Woods | Holman Day
The listener  at the key-hole barely escaped behind the cabinet—no more.
The Unseen Bridgegroom | May Agnes Fleming
But a listener  has sneaked in—Fieramosca, the Pope's sculptor, and no less Cellini's rival in love than in art.
The Complete Opera Book | Gustav Kobb
Now the listener  was full of intense curiosity, and longing to learn everything.
The Honorable Miss | L. T. Meade
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Words related to listener audience, auditor, ear, heeder, sounding board