单词 | ten-four |
释义 | > as lemmasten-four ten-four int. (also 10-4) in the ten-code (see above), the code phrase for ‘message received’; used loosely as an expression of affirmation; also as v. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > interjections in radio communication [interjection] over1926 out1950 ten-four1962 the mind > language > statement > affirmation and denial > [interjection] > affirmative reply aye1576 surely1798 ten-four1962 1962 Amer. Speech 37 272 Ten-four (verb), to understand a message. From the radio code 10-4, meaning ‘I receive you clearly’. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 30 Oct. 5/1 Judge Floyd Smith, a CB operator himself, went by the ‘handle’ of ‘Marryin' Sam’, the bride was ‘Little Lulu’, and the groom was ‘Stanley Steamer’. They didn't say ‘I do’; they said ‘10-4’. And the judge didn't pronounce them man and wife; he said, ‘Put the hammer down.’ 1978 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July 23/2 The CB'ers have a language that's 10-4 with them. < as lemmas |
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