Word · Frequency #16329
beeper
寻呼机；传呼机
an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
- 1.
Something that makes a beeping sound.
发出哔哔声的东西。
发出哔哔声的东西。；驾驶飞机的遥控人员；[计] 报警器；声信号装置
In use
In the hospital, doctors carry beepers so they can be reached quickly.
Before smartphones, many people used a beeper to stay in touch.
Her beeper went off during the meeting, so she excused herself.
carry/wear a beeper
carry 和 wear 都表示携带/佩戴，wear 更强调别在身上。
Doctors in the hospital used to carry beepers.
医院里的医生以前随身携带传呼机。
a beeper beeps
beeper 是传呼机，发出短促提示音时用动词 beep。
His beeper beeped during the meeting.
会议期间他的传呼机响了。
page someone on a beeper
page 后接被呼叫的人，on/via 后接传呼机。
The nurse paged the doctor on his beeper.
护士通过传呼机呼叫医生。
Common mistakes
Can you lend me beeper?Can you lend me a beeper?
beeper 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 a。加上 a 后名词短语才符合英语语法。
He has two beeper.He has two beepers.
two 后接可数名词复数，beeper 的复数形式是 beepers；汉语名词没有单复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s。改成 beepers 才能表示“两个传呼机”。
Connections
Collocations
- beeper goes off
- 传呼机响了
- My beeper went off during the meeting.会议期间我的传呼机响了。
- carry a beeper
- 随身携带传呼机
- Doctors used to carry beepers in the 1990s.20世纪90年代医生们随身携带传呼机。
- beeper number
- 传呼机号码
- He left his beeper number with the front desk.他把传呼机号码留给了前台。
- page someone on a beeper
- 用传呼机呼叫某人
- Staff could page the manager on his beeper.员工可以用传呼机呼叫经理。
- old-fashioned beeper
- 老式传呼机
- The museum displays an old-fashioned beeper.博物馆里陈列着一台老式传呼机。
- beeper service
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：beep 是短促的哔哔声，beep-er 就是会哔哔响、提醒你回电的寻呼机。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、医疗/紧急联络、怀旧或老式通讯场景 beeper 表示“寻呼机”时，通常用于口语或非正式场合；在正式书面语中更常见 pager，实际使用需根据语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
keeper, deeper, creeper, sweeper, peeper, and cheaper all rhyme with beeper, matching the /iːpər/ ending. Note that words like viper (/ˈvaɪpər/) and caper (/ˈkeɪpər/) look similar but have a different vowel sound.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.