listen

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #233 ★★★★☆

vi. 听, 倾听, 听从 n. 听, 倾听

发音

UK /ˈlɪs.ən/
US /ˈlɪs.ən/
AU /ˈlɪs.ən/

词形变化

listens 复数 listens listened listenedst listenest listeneth listening listens 三单 listening 现在分词 listened 过去式 listened 过去分词

别名

lisen lis'en lissen

教材释义与例句

名词

听，倾听

an act of listening

动词

听，倾听；听从，听信

to pay attention to what someone is saying or to a sound that you can hear

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An instance of listening.

    Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.

v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.

    听

    听聆

    Please listen carefully as I explain.

    I could hear you talking upstairs, but I didn’t really listen to your conversation.

    (transitive, archaic) Listen the watchman’s cry upon the wall.

    [with to] I like to listen to music.

    [with for] You should listen for the starting gun.

  2. 2.

    To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.

    不及物

    Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK?

    Good children listen to their parents.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

hear mind heed take heed

上位词 9

center focus centre concentrate obey comprehend perceive pore rivet

下位词 10

hang attend hark advert eavesdrop harken incline listen in give ear hearken

参见 1

listen in

相关短语

listen in [电] 收听 listen up 听好了 listen after listen with half an ear listen out listen to you take a listen have a listen do a listen does a listen doing a listen did a listen done a listen has a listen having a listen

词源

From Middle English listenen, listnen, alteration (due to Middle English listen (“to listen, give heed to”)) of Old English hlysnan (“to listen”), from Proto-Germanic *hlusnijaną, *hlusnōną (compare Middle High German lüsenen), from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną (compare Old High German hlosēn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Swedish lyssna (“to listen”). Compare Ancient Greek κλαίω (klaíō, “to make known, famous”), Welsh clywed (“to hear”), Latin clueō (“to be famous”), Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic слушати (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit श्रोषति (śróṣati, “an exclamation used in making an offering with fire to the gods or departed spirits”) & Sanskrit श्लोक्य (ślókya, “voice, sound, noisy”)). Related to loud and German lauschen.

来源：wiktionary