| 释义 |
unˈlistenable, a.
[f. un-1 7 b + listenable a.]
Impossible or unbearable to listen to; also unlistenable to.
1975New Yorker 26 May 22/1 French burlesque, inky-shadowed and funny, about an unlistenable-to musician (Pierre Richard). 1976Listener 29 Jan. 119/1 Let there be a 25 per cent cut in serious music introductions, starting with an absolute ban on such unlistenable nonsense as ‘There are four movements: Allegro non troppo, Andante moderato, Allegretto con moto and Presto furioso’. 1984Melody Maker 6 Oct. 24/1 Their new LP ‘How Men Are’ is virtually unlistenable. 1988Q Oct. 6/1 Davis has turned his attentions from unlistenable European rock to soul music.
So unlistenaˈbility n.
1964Listener 19 Nov. 818/2 These services of the BBC are..some of the best programmes put out, striking a happy mean between the chumminess of the Home and the optative unlistenability of the Third. 1984Washington Post 7 Mar. b7/6 This is a band that critics love to champion for its sheer unlistenability. |