| 单词 | to listen up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto listen up slang (chiefly U.S.). to listen up, to listen carefully, pay attention. Usually in imperative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (intransitive)] > listen > listen attentively to lift up one's ears1548 to prick up one's ears1682 to cock one's ears1700 to listen up1933 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)] > give ear, hearken hearkenc1000 listc1000 understanda1200 listenc1225 hear1382 harka1400 to listen up1933 1933 E. Dooley Under Goal Posts i. 7 The players hurriedly gathered around him... His sharp eyes scanned the faces of his charges. ‘Listen up!’ he barked. 1970 W. C. Woods Killing Zone (1971) ii. 23 Now you men knock off the goddam chatter in there and listen up. 1973 T. O'Brien If I die in Combat Zone vii. 68 I got me two purple hearts, so listen up good. 1980 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 28 Sept. 16/2 ‘I'm only going to say this once, so listen up.’ A Washington Star sportswriter put that now-hear-this command in the mouth of an imaginary pro-football star. 1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xix. 244 Listen up, asshole! The guy who knows how to work this damned radio is dead, and I'm all you got. 1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 37/1 I was struck by the feeling that the violence in L.A. was a graphic and chilling realization of the rage and frustration expressed by rappers..for a long time. Maybe now the suits in Washington will listen up. < as lemmas |
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