单词 | walkie-talkie |
释义 | walkie-talkien. 1. A portable radio transmitter and receiver allowing for two-way communication. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > two-way > types of pedal set1926 pedal radio1930 pedal wireless1932 walkie-talkie1939 handy-talkie1942 TBS1944 1939 San Antonio (Texas) Express 2 Apr. a5/4 Demonstrations of new military equipment and of a walkie-talkie radio telephone will be made. 1944 Life 3 July 12/1 Above the noise of hundreds of bombs..his voice barked through the walkie-talkie. 1970 Timber Trades Jrnl. 21 Mar. 53/3 The yard staff have walkie-talkie radio sets with which they maintain communication with the sideloader operators. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon xii. 175 We talked over the problem, on the walky-talky. 2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xliii. 365 ‘Go!’ Glaister bellowed into his walkie-talkie. ‘IC3 male entering the shop. Armed. Go, go, go!’ 2. In full walkie-talkie doll. A doll that can be made to walk and talk. Cf. walking doll n. at walking adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > walking or talking doll walking doll1856 talking doll1925 walkie-talkie doll1943 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [adjective] > attributes of dolls walkie-talkie1943 Action Man1966 undressable1972 1943 Moberly (Missouri) Monitor-Index 30 Sept. 10/4 (advt.) Large assortment dolls from tiny, petite storybook dolls to large walkie-talkie dolls. 1957 J. Frame Owls do Cry ii. xxviii. 137 I shall buy her..a sleeping doll, a walkie-talkie that cries and walks. 1992 N. Humphrey Hist. of Mind xvi. 109 My friend has a walky-talky doll, Amanda, who cries if you pinch her. 2004 Express (Nexis) 30 Nov. 13 A few rose petals for perfume making..always held my girls' interest long after the pricey walkie-talkie dolls..had been abandoned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). walkie-talkiev. transitive. To contact (a person) by walkie-talkie; to convey (information) using a walkie-talkie. ΚΠ 1947 I. Kaufman Amer. Jews in World War II. I. iii. 47 As each German gun was spotted, Fink walkie-talkied the location back to our artillery. 1993 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 27 Aug. a3 They walkie-talkied the conductor, who stopped the train. 2005 Wired Dec. 178/1 From the bottom of Royal Gorge you can..walkie-talkie your mates in Tahoe to remind them to have the après-ski snuggler a-waitin'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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