核心畫面

Picture the person on the receiving end of sound — the one the radio is talking to, the one the speaker is facing. Add the idea of doing it well, and the same word starts describing a quality of character rather than a position in a room.

可以想成:聲音送達的那一端——廣播在對他說話的那個人、講者面對著的那個人。再加上「聽得好」這一層,同一個字就從「在房更多收起可以想成:聲音送達的那一端——廣播在對他說話的那個人、講者面對著的那個人。再加上「聽得好」這一層,同一個字就從「在房間裡的位置」變成了在講一個人的特質。

From the picture

很會聽人說話的人

從「在聽」變成「聽得很好」:重點不再是位置,而是這個人願意專心、不打斷、讓對方講完。

sympathetic ear · noun · B1

Someone who listens to other people in a careful, kind way when they talk about their feelings or their problems.

傾聽者

Also in this word

radio listener · noun · A2

Someone who listens to the radio, or who listens to a person speaking or to music.

聽眾

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

listenernoun/ˈlɪsənə/

  • 1

    Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

    • […] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep[…]
    • And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.
  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsA function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.

  • 3

    slangA person's ear.

    • Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.
  • 4

    formalA musical anthology.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。