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单词 beeper
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beeper

[ bee-per ]
/ ˈbi pər /

noun

a device that connects into a telephone circuit and transmits a periodic signal as an indication that the conversation over the circuit is being recorded.
a similar device attached to a free-ranging animal as an aid to learning its habits; biotelemeter.
Also called pager. a pocket-size electronic device whose signal notifies a person of an important message, sometimes displaying the telephone number to be called.

Origin of beeper

First recorded in 1945–50; beep + -er1

Words nearby beeper

been-there done-that, beento, been to the wars, bee orchid, beep, beeper, bee plant, beer, beer and skittles, beer belly, Beerbohm
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  • Your Beeper of the Seals wants to get the power into his own hands, and betrays you; he who quits the field loses it.

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