Repeater
[rɪ'piːtə] or [rɪ'pitɚ]
解释:
(noun.) (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; 'repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances'.
(noun.) a person who repeats; 'the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times'.
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解释:
(n.) One who, or that which, repeats.
(n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
(n.) A repeating firearm.
(n.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
(n.) A person who votes more than once at an election.
(n.) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.
(n.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
编辑:西尔维亚
例句:
- And his watch is a gold repeater, and worth a hundred pound if it's worth a penny. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- To cure this he devised an automatic repeater, which could be attached to the line at Memphis, and would of its own accord send the message on. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- He had a gold repeater: and took snuff like the Doctor. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The story may be told in his own terse language: I was not the inventor of the auto repeater, but while in Memphis I worked on one. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
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