单词 | call button |
释义 | > as lemmascall button call button n. a button which summons a person when pressed, typically by causing a call bell to ring; (now frequently) a button for calling a lift. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > bell summoning attendance > button for call button1865 1865 Builder's & Contractor's Price-bk. xiii. 211 Call buttons for fixing in the different apartments. 1878 Telegr. Jrnl. 6 113/2 When the attention of either station has been called on its bells by pressing the call-button. 1966 J. Chamier Cannonball vi. 52 I..pressed the call button for the lift. 1991 High Life (Brit. Airways) May 83/1 This is also where you'll find your reading light switch and call button on Concorde. 1994 P. Baker Blood Posse vii. 81 Dave thumped the call button frantically when the lights stopped at the eighth floor. < as lemmas |
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