| 释义 |
beeper|ˈbiːpə(r)|
[f. beep v. + -er1.]
A device that emits beeps (see also quot. 1946); also attrib.
1946Sun (Baltimore) 7 Aug. 1/3 Planes called ‘Beepers’. Ibid., Mother planes were piloted by Capt. Ragner Carlson... Radio operators of the drone-controlled planes, or ‘beepers’, were Capt. John Evans, [etc.]. 1952A. C. Clarke Islands in Sky iv. 72 A Beeper..is a tiny radar set..used to locate objects that have drifted away from the Station... When its beam hits anything you hear a series of ‘Beeps’. 1957Time 2 Sept. 32/2 Drowning out racy epithets with an electronic beeper signal. |