| 释义 |
listenable, a.|ˈlɪs(ə)nəb(ə)l|
[f. listen v. + -able.]
Easy or pleasant to listen to; willing to listen. Hence listenaˈbility, the quality of being listenable.
1920C. Morley Haunted Bookshop vi. 95 He felt very talkative, as most older men do when a young girl looks as delightfully listenable as Titania. 1946Newsweek 18 Feb. 90 In listenability, it is more like the Concerto for Orchestra. 1958Oxford Mail 12 Aug. 6/6 Viewers are invited to..listen to.. works carefully selected from the classics for their ‘listenable’ qualities. 1964Listener 31 Dec. 1066/2 Talks producers might take a little more trouble in making them [sc. scripted talks] listenable, if they were given credits in Radio Times. 1966G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising iii. 27 Characteristics of advertising language..readability (or ‘listenability’). 1970Guardian 9 June 8/2 Berta was full of listenable opinions on her father. 1971Hi-Fi Sound Feb. 78/2 It can be seen how singularly useless the THD results are, when attempting to assess the ‘listenability’ of an amplifier. |