mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), agent noun from receive, or from Old French recevere (Modern French receveur), agent noun from recievere. As a telephone apparatus, from 1877; in reference to a radio unit, from 1891; in U.S. football sense, from 1897.
雙語例句
1. The receiver and the quarterback are going to trade positions.
接球手與四分衛(wèi)將會對換位置。
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2. I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
我把聽筒放回聽筒架上。
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3. The line went dead. Whitlock replaced the receiver.
線路中斷了，惠特洛克把聽筒放回原處。
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4. "Typical!" Hattie slammed down the receiver. "Absolutely typical!"
“果不其然！”哈蒂重重摔下聽筒。“真是果不其然啊！”
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5. He took up telephone receiver and began to dial.