单词 | teleporter |
释义 | teleportern. In Science Fiction and other hypothetical contexts. 1. A person who is able to teleport himself or herself, or who can teleport other people or things; = teleport n.1 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport by psychic or futuristic means > [noun] > one who teleporter1949 teleport1952 1949 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 4 Sept. (Mag.) 14/2 ‘Teleportation’..is effected by the mind of ‘the teleporter’, who simply substitutes identical electrons and other particles in planet B for those he had in planet A. 1979 R. Sheckley in M. Jakubowksi Twenty Houses Zodiac 75 I can teleport myself to anywhere in the universe... I found this out recently when I decided to make my first real journey as a teleporter. 2014 N. Singh Shield of Winter viii. 62 This area is so remote it's unlikely any group has two teleporters who can find a way to 'port in. 2. A device for teleporting people or things from one place to another, esp. a machine which breaks matter down into its constituent particles or converts it into energy, information, etc., and transmits it in this form to another location where it is reconstituted; = teleport n.1 1. ΚΠ 1954 Fantastic Universe Sept. 91/1 With the mind-controlled teleporters, he was able to bring to his office chairs, filing cabinets, anything..and he didn't have to move a tentacle. 1973 J. R. Gregory & R. Price Tomorrow People in Visitor 6 The teleporter..could transmit the Tomorrow People and their equipment to any corner of the universe. 1993 Jrnl. Commerce (Nexis) 30 Apr. 8 a The first everyday system will probably consist of telephone-style booths... The technology will then evolve from booths to home-based and office systems and then a pocket teleporter. 2014 M. T. Anderson He laughed with his other Mouths 204 She stepped into the teleporter..and pulled the lever. The Garxx watched her flicker and disappear. The teleporter was empty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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