| 释义 |
CB orig. U.S.|siːˈbiː|
[The initial letters of Citizens(') Band.]
= Citizen('s) Band s.v. citizen 5; a Citizens' Band radio. Freq. attrib., esp. as CB radio.
1959Pop. Electronics Aug. 130/2 Manufacturers eager to get their CB equipment on the market. 1964Electronics World Jan. 51/1 CB was intended to serve the needs of small business. 1969Yachting Feb. 60/2 The value of CB on a boat hangs on a framework of questions. Ibid. 61/1 To use CB, you must have other CB stations..on your waters or shores. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 36/4 CBs work on 23 radio channels open to the public. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 24 Apr. 10/2 At least one automobile insurance company in Alabama has made theft coverage of CB radios available only for an additional premium. 1980Amer. Speech 1976 LI. 208 It sometimes seems as if each day brings another handbook for CB operators. 1985Church Times 8 Feb. 8/2 The parish raised {pstlg}2,000 to buy its first twenty-eight portable CB radio sets and batteries; and the CB villagers take them everywhere around the house and garden.
Hence CBer |siːˈbiːə(r)|, one who operates a CB radio transmitter or receiver.
1959Pop. Electronics Aug. 130/2 The prospective CB'er..has many sets to choose from. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 36/11 Here in New York ‘Cbers’ gather..to meet the people they have been bantering with over the air. 1981Daily Tel. 20 July 3/1 In every city where there have been riots local CB'ers have offered their local police monitoring facilities. |