squawk boxn.

Forms: Also with hyphen or as one word.

Etymology: < squawk n. or squawk v. + box n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquawk box.

U.S. slang.

a. A loudspeaker or public-address system.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > loud speaker

loudspeaker1884

speaker1926

condenser loudspeaker1929

monitor1931

tweeter1934

woofer1935

squawk box1945

ionophone1952

monitor speaker1954

mid-range1955

squawker1959

subwoofer1975

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > public address system

public address system1917

Tannoy1928

squawk box1945

1945 New Yorker 17 Mar. 28/3 The squawk box became alive for that second before any message comes over.

1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai xxv. 219 There was a radio blaring..its music was punctuated with the hoarse stridencies of the squawk-box.

1973 New Scientist 20 Sept. 684/2 The squawk box emits two marginally different frequencies, almost out of audible range, through separate speakers.

1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xi. 104 The whistle stopped blowing, the passengers were all in their seats, the coordinators stopped speaking into their squawk boxes.

b. A speaker or receiving device which forms part of an intercommunication system, esp. in an office.

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society > communication > telecommunication > intercom > [noun] > intercom devices

dictating machine1878

dictograph1907

squawk box1954

entryphone1958

speak-box1962

voice box1968

1954 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Apr. 27/2 Office buildings were deserted or skeleton staffed as interoffice ‘squawk-boxes’ carried in the doings on Thirty-third street by radio.

1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File i. 15 Even over the squawk-box I could hear the lift in Alice's voice.

1964 P. Gallico Hand of Mary Constable 48 To the right of the desk, on a small table, there was a squawk box with some dozen switches for inter-office communications.

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon p. xiii Squawk box, a small speaker, connected by telephone line to Mission Control, for home or office reception of live conversation between the spacecraft and earth.

1976 P. Harcourt Dance for Diplomats ix. 96 The buzzer on my intercom made frantic noises... ‘Coming,’ I said into the squawk box.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	squawk box
释义	squawk boxn. Forms: Also with hyphen or as one word. Etymology: < squawk n. or squawk v. + box n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquawk box. U.S. slang. a. A loudspeaker or public-address system. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > loud speaker loudspeaker1884 speaker1926 condenser loudspeaker1929 monitor1931 tweeter1934 woofer1935 squawk box1945 ionophone1952 monitor speaker1954 mid-range1955 squawker1959 subwoofer1975 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > public address system public address system1917 Tannoy1928 squawk box1945 1945 New Yorker 17 Mar. 28/3 The squawk box became alive for that second before any message comes over. 1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai xxv. 219 There was a radio blaring..its music was punctuated with the hoarse stridencies of the squawk-box. 1973 New Scientist 20 Sept. 684/2 The squawk box emits two marginally different frequencies, almost out of audible range, through separate speakers. 1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xi. 104 The whistle stopped blowing, the passengers were all in their seats, the coordinators stopped speaking into their squawk boxes. b. A speaker or receiving device which forms part of an intercommunication system, esp. in an office. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > intercom > [noun] > intercom devices dictating machine1878 dictograph1907 squawk box1954 entryphone1958 speak-box1962 voice box1968 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Apr. 27/2 Office buildings were deserted or skeleton staffed as interoffice ‘squawk-boxes’ carried in the doings on Thirty-third street by radio. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File i. 15 Even over the squawk-box I could hear the lift in Alice's voice. 1964 P. Gallico Hand of Mary Constable 48 To the right of the desk, on a small table, there was a squawk box with some dozen switches for inter-office communications. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon p. xiii Squawk box, a small speaker, connected by telephone line to Mission Control, for home or office reception of live conversation between the spacecraft and earth. 1976 P. Harcourt Dance for Diplomats ix. 96 The buzzer on my intercom made frantic noises... ‘Coming,’ I said into the squawk box. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1945
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