| 单词 | listening-in | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaslistening-in  2.  (Also  listening-in.) The action of listening to a radio broadcast, a record-player, etc.; also, the action of listening (esp. secretly) to a telephone conversation. (Cf. listen v. 2e,   2f.) Also attributive and transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > electronic espionage > 			[noun]		 > of telephones, etc. wiretapping1878 listening-in1927 bugging1955 1904    Electr. World & Engineer 7 May 875/2  				The removal of the operator's plug, or her ‘listening-in’, restores the circuits to their proper condition for subsequent use. 1921    Wireless World 10 Dec. 581/1  				‘Listening in’ was indulged in. 1922    Daily Mail 23 Nov. 5  				Listening-in to U.S. 1925    A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves  ii. v. 149  				But of what use is leisure, when leisure is occupied with listening-in and going to football matches? 1927    Sat. Evening Post 		(Philadelphia)	 24 Dec. 80/2  				These telephones were connected with a listening-in device concealed behind a picture on the wall. 1929    Radio Times 8 Nov. 389/3  				The sounds heard had emerged from the loud-speaker of the caretaker... The caretaker was extremely annoyed at this interruption to his listening. 1939    War Illustr. 21 Oct. p. ii/1  				Its [sc. the B.B.C.'s] dud programmes have led to a great falling-off in listening. 1940    Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Feb. 83  				From South West Germany it is stated that controllers have been appointed in blocks of flats to supervise the listening-in. 1941    B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 17  				Listening log, list, in prescribed form, of the broadcast programmes heard by one person over a period of time. 1951    J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge  ii. ii. 217  				Dan Cobbley was another radio personality, although he was on a lower listening figure level. 1957    Encycl. Brit. X. 619/2  				The new possibilities for continuous listening helped enormously. On the debit side was the tendency especially of solo artists to record whole programs on LP disks, repeating endlessly the same established repertoire. 1969    John Edwards Mem. Foundation Q. 5  iv. 126  				The transcriptions of the songs..are as nearly accurate as I can make them. After countless listenings I still can't make out some of the words. 1971    Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms 		(B.S.I.)	  iii. ii. 31  				Listening-in, listening to a call in progress. listening-in  b.  (Also  listening-in.) That listens to a broadcast, recording, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > 			[adjective]		 > listening > listening to broadcast or recording listening-in1926 1926    Punch 14 July 39 		(caption)	  				Husband (to listening-in Wife). ‘What's the matter, dear? Is it bad news or Stravinsky?’ 1935    Discovery Sept. 277/2  				They are providing ever better products and service to enable the listening public to get more enjoyment from the ‘audio’ programmes. 1941    B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 17  				Listening group, group of listeners meeting regularly with the twofold object of hearing a particular series of broadcast talks..and engaging in discussion. 1957    B.B.C. Handbk. 104  				Audience Research set up permanent Listening Panels to report their reactions to the programmes they heard. 1970    B.B.C. Handbk. 112  				A special listening section keeps track of the activities of foreign radio stations. 1974    Times 30 Nov. 10/4  				The practitioners [of religious broadcasting]..are impeded by some notion of what the listening public expects their output to be. < as lemmas | 
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