On 17-02-2003, at 20h 14'58", Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote to debian-www about "The
maintainer still isn't listening?"
> Hi,
>
> None of members of Japanese team don't understand what the
> "listening" means. Is it a metaphor or an idiom?
>
from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Listen \Lis"ten\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Listened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Listening}.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS.
hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to
listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG.
hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. ?, and E. loud. [root]41. See
{Loud}, and cf. {List} to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to
give ear; to hearken; to attend.
When we have occasion to listen, and give a more
particular attention to same sound, the tympanum is
drawn to a more than ordinary tension. --Holder.
2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to
obey.
Listen to me, and by me be ruled. --Tennyson.
{To listen after}, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines;
scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and
professors. --Fuller.
Syn: To attend; hearken. See {Attend}.
from WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
listening
adj : attending to or alert for sound; "be wary of listening
ears"; "government-maintained listening posts"
n : the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just
listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a
hearing" [syn: {hearing}]
Ionel
