Word · Frequency #27347
pager
寻呼机
pager
- 1.
A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
- 2.
an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
一种电子设备,当携带者被呼叫时会发出一系列蜂鸣声
- 3.
A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
- 4.
One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book.
一种电子设备,当携带者被呼叫时会发出一系列蜂鸣声；页调度程序
In use
She kept her pager on all night in case the hospital needed to reach her.
My grandfather still carries a pager because he prefers a simple device that only receives messages.
The restaurant gives each customer a pager that lights up when their table is ready.
carry a pager
carry 表示随身携带，与 pager 搭配很常见。
Doctors in the hospital used to carry a pager.
以前医院里的医生随身携带寻呼机。
page someone on one's pager
page 作动词表示“呼叫（某人）”；on one's pager 说明呼叫信息发到某人的寻呼机上。
The hospital pages doctors on their pagers.
医院通过寻呼机呼叫医生。
a pager number
pager number 是“寻呼机号码”；pager 在此作名词修饰语。
Connections
Collocations
- pager number
- 寻呼机号码
- He left his pager number on the voicemail.他在语音信箱里留了他的寻呼机号码。
- carry a pager
- 携带寻呼机
- Doctors used to carry a pager while on call.医生值班时过去常常携带寻呼机。
- pager service
- 寻呼服务
- The hospital's pager service is available around the clock.医院的寻呼服务全天候可用。
- page someone on a pager
- 用寻呼机呼叫某人
- She paged the technician on his pager.她打到技术员的寻呼机上呼叫了他。
- pager beeps
- 寻呼机发出哔哔声
- Her pager beeps every time she gets a message.每次收到消息，她的寻呼机就会发出哔哔声。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
动词 page（呼叫）加 -er，就是会哔哔响、呼叫你的寻呼机。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：hospital、restaurant、on-call work pager 通常指随身携带、收到呼叫信号会发出哔声的小型通讯设备，多用于医院、餐厅、值班或紧急联络等场景。该词在语气上比较中性，正式和非正式场合都可以用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with pager: major and wager, both ending in /eɪdʒɚ/. Be careful with lookalikes: eager (/ˈiːɡɚ/) has a different vowel and /ɡɚ/; paper (/ˈpeɪpɚ/) ends in /pɚ/; danger and manager have an extra /n/ or /nɪ/ before /dʒɚ/, so they do not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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