listening post
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listening post
noun listening posts
- A position established for the purpose of detecting the enemy's movements by means of listening.
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A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others.
Shepard: Why are you out here in the first place?
Lieutenant Durand: There's been a lot of pirate activity in this cluster. We set up a chain of listening posts in the local systems in case they have a staging base.
Similar: listening station
- Any location frequented by a journalist in search of stories or gossip. He probably has "listening posts" which he visits regularly in search of stray items of news. These may be the general store, the barber shop, the ministers' homes, the Chamber of Commerce and the local or state police headquarters.
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noun position to detect enemy's movements by listening
| 中文 | 監聽哨 /监听哨 jiāntīngshào |
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| Deutsch | Lauschposten, Horchposten |
noun facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals
| 中文 | 監聽站 /监听站 jiāntīngzhàn |
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| Français | poste d'écoute |
| Deutsch | Horchposten, Abhörposten, Abhörstelle, Funkabhörstelle |
noun location frequented by a journalist
| 中文 | 新聞採集點 /新闻采集点 xīnwén cǎijí diǎn |
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title = {listening post},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/listening%20post},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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