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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。
寻呼机
pagers — plural of pager
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
寻呼机
pager
Doctors in the hospital used to carry a pager.
以前医院里的医生随身携带寻呼机。
A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
一种电子设备,当携带者被呼叫时会发出一系列蜂鸣声
an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
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.
One who makes up type into pages of a book; one who binds or sorts pages into a book.
She kept her pager on all night in case the hospital needed to reach her.
她整夜开着传呼机，以防医院需要联系她。
My grandfather still carries a pager because he prefers a simple device that only receives messages.
我爷爷仍然随身带着一台寻呼机，因为他更喜欢只用来接收消息的简单设备。
The restaurant gives each customer a pager that lights up when their table is ready.
餐厅给每位顾客一个寻呼机，等他们的餐桌准备好时它就会亮起。
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 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。
pager number 是“寻呼机号码”；pager 在此作名词修饰语。
Please leave your pager number so we can contact you.
请留下你的寻呼机号码，以便我们联系你。
Not this
He bought pager yesterday.
Use this
He bought a pager yesterday.
汉语没有冠词，学习者常漏掉单数可数名词前的不定冠词。pager 是可数名词，单独使用需要 a，加 a 后句子才符合英语语法。
Not this
They all carry pager.
Use this
They all carry pagers.
汉语名词没有单复数变化，学习者容易漏掉复数后缀。pager 是可数名词，指多个时要用复数形式 pagers。
Not this
Please pager me when you arrive.
Use this
Please page me when you arrive.
pager 是名词，表示“寻呼机”；表示“用寻呼机呼叫某人”的动词是 page。把 pager 当动词用属于词性混淆，应改用动词 page。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Use pagers naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
动词 page（呼叫）加 -er，就是会哔哔响、呼叫你的寻呼机。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.