| 释义 |
bleeper|ˈbliːpə(r)|
[f. bleep v. + -er1.]
A miniature radio receiver that emits a bleeping sound when activated (usu. by telephone), used to contact the person carrying it; = radio pager s.v. radio n. 7.
1964J. R. L. Anderson Greatest Race in World iv. 59 After I had finally got off early in the morning, my bleeper—the ship's radio alarm—woke me up. 1968A. Diment Gt. Spy Race ii. 17 These bleepers are little radio receivers which give off a faint cheeping from one's pocket. 1973Physics Bull. Mar. 181/3 This new service, radio paging, is the first in the UK in which a simple telephone call over the ordinary public network will activate pocket ‘bleepers’. 1986B. Forbes Endless Game i. vi. 74 When or if he rings, be sure and get word to me on the bleeper. |