单词 | to listen in |
释义 | > as lemmasto listen in e. to listen in, to listen to a broadcast programme, etc.; to listen secretly to a telephone conversation. Also const. to, on, and transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen to broadcast or recording to listen in1905 listen1929 society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [verb (intransitive)] > listen to radio broadcast to listen in1905 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > eavesdrop > on telephone to listen in1905 rubber1905 1905 Electrician 20 Jan. 532/1 At the end of the first section the operator on the ship listened in for a reply. At last he took off the telephone. 1915 A. F. Collins Bk. Wireless p. vii A boy sitting..at home with..a telephone receiver to his ear listening-in to the news of the world. 1920 Wireless World Jan. 594/2 While ‘listening-in’, the switch..is placed over to the right. 1922 Westm. Gaz. 25 Oct. In a fortnight or so a million subscribers at 10s. each a year will be ‘listening in’. 1926 Daily Chron. 13 May 3/1 By the primitive process of passing it from lip to lip the news sped ‘like wildfire’ amongst the London millions who were not listening in, but were just sitting in their offices or lunching in the restaurants, or walking about the streets. 1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 27/2 None of us could help ‘listening in’ to the fun that was going on in the kitchen. 1931 Boys' Mag. 45 99/2 Patients..are able to listen-in to the Radio programmes by means of headphones. 1939 M. B. Lowndes Diary 5 Oct. (1971) 180 I asked him if he ever listened in, whereupon he said in an explosive tone: ‘never’. I observed that one learnt a great deal from listening in. 1973 ‘H. Carmichael’ Too Late for Tears xv. 175 His wife wasn't involved... If she had been she wouldn't have wanted us to listen-in on that phone conversation. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer v. 49 They have forgotten about you and resumed their tittle-tattle. Whereupon you listen in. 1973 Radio Times 15 Nov. 73/3 For thousands of children..who ‘listened in’ each Friday afternoon, Romany was the countryside. < as lemmas |
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