单词 | to listen out |
释义 | > as lemmasto listen out c. †to listen of: to hear tell of. †to listen on = listen to. to listen for, †after: to be eager or make an effort to catch the sound of; to endeavour to hear or to hear of. to listen out, to listen for a sound, e.g. on a radio receiver. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > hear tell of to listen ofc1330 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen to listc897 harkc1175 to open one's earsa1200 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 tend1340 to lay to one's eara1382 attend1447 hearken to1526 to listen one's ears (or an ear) toa1533 to hear to1833 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] > listen attentively, heed listc897 listenc950 hearOE hearkenc1000 harkc1175 listc1175 to-heara1250 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 to wait to ——c1440 regard1533 the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > concede to or comply with granta1250 i-yettc1275 listenc1290 to listen onc1330 submita1387 consent1393 tenderc1430 servec1450 ottroye1477 admit1529 yield1572 closea1616 concede1632 comply1650 to fall in1651 to come into ——1704 give way1758 accordc1820 society > communication > information > news or tidings > [verb (intransitive)] > obtain tidings to listen forth, out1596 to listen out1600 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > observe, note [verb (transitive)] > listen attentively, heed > in expectation to listen for, after1600 to listen out1910 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen for a sound to listen out1910 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 402 Of a prince proude in play Listneþ, lordinges dere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 22431 If ȝe of þaim will listen a trau, I sal ȝu tell of þaim sothsau. ?a1400 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird (Roxb.) 14 To heere of wisedom thyn eeres ben half deef Lyke an asse that lystneth on an harpe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 29 Here comes my seruant Trauers who I sent..to listen after newes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 152 I will..listen after Humfrey, how he proceedes. View more context for this quotation 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie Pref. sig. B3 I beg..that they will so farre listen after me..as to take notice..what becomes of me. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. iv. 160 Scholars listen after Libraries, Disputations, and Professours. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. vi. 53 She pricks up her Ears to listen after the Voice of her Pursuer. View more context for this quotation 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 192 The sick man..Would listen for her coming. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 10 While they listen'd for the distant hunt. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. i. 26 Then must science and civilisation listen for the voice of a new deliverer. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. v. 362 Don't latch the door. Pull it to. I'll listen out. 1945 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 5 35 Owing to the fact that they were listening out on channel ‘A’ instead of channel ‘B’, he failed to make contact. 1946 L. E. O. Charlton Britain at War: R.A.F. & U.S.A.A.F., July 1943–Sept. 1944 21 (caption) This photograph..depicts a scene in the flying control room—‘listening out’ to bring the Lancasters back to base. 1959 Listener 16 July 111/3 Initially I was afraid that the work would founder in an over-poetic fog but Mr. Bradnum was worth listening out for. 1971 J. Wainwright Last Buccaneer i. 49 We need receiving equipment to listen-out—to pinpoint every wavelength. 1974 ‘D. Kyle’ Raft of Swords xiii. 140 He searched the air waves... For several days he had ‘listened out’ to a Russian ship with three operators aboard. < as lemmas |
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