listen

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of listening.
    — Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.
动词 v.
  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.
    — Please listen carefully as I explain.
  2. To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent. intransitive
    — Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK?

词形变化

listens present,singular,third-person listening participle,present listened participle,past listened past lisen alternative,obsolete lis'en alternative,pronunciation-spelling,rare lissen alternative,pronunciation-spelling,rare listens plural lisen alternative,obsolete lis'en alternative,pronunciation-spelling,rare lissen alternative,pronunciation-spelling,rare

词汇关系

近义词
attend be all ears behear earball give ear hark harken heed lend an ear list listen close mind note
反义词
disregard ignore
上位词
hear pay attention
下位词
auscultate
衍生词
do a listen listenability listenable listen after listener listenership listen in listening listening post listening station listen out listen to you listen up listen with half an ear mislisten nonlistening prelisten prooflisten pseudolisten relisten talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening time spent listening unlisten unlistenable unlistened unlistening
相关词
list listful obey sound
并列词
speak talk

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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