| 单词 | to listen good |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto listen good 4. intransitive. To sound (in a certain way). Frequently with to = to strike (one) as. Also in the colloquial phrase to listen good: to sound promising. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > convey an impression by sound soundc1374 listen1908 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 78 That listened very well indeed, and we all climbed into a cabbage and vamped over. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch vii. 143 All is fair in love, war, and baseball except stealing signals dishonestly, which listens like another paradox. 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap vi. 252 That listens good to her till she finds she has to give fifty-two dollars for the deck first. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xiv. 250 Here's where I slip it out..to help square the repair bill for my joy-ride. How does it listen to you? 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque xxvii. 174 [It] don't listen reasonable to me. 1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 317 It has been suggested ..that it listens well may be from es hört sich gut an. < as lemmas |
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