I found a beeper on my desk. Is that yours? 1 在我桌上我发现了一个寻呼机。是你的吗?
This beeper works well, but that one doesn't( work well). 这个寻呼机工作正常,但那个就不行。
beeper
[ noun ] an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged <noun.artifact>
pager \pag"er\, n. A small electronic communication device which signals when a telephone call has been received at a base station. Each such device receives radio signals from the base station specifically coded for the individual to whom it is registered; the signal given by the device to the registered user may be a beeping sound, indicating that the user should call the base station to receive a message; or it may display a telephone number to which the user may call directly to return the incoming call, or may display a short message. Such devices are small enough to carry in the pocket or pocketbook, or to clip onto a belt or other part of the clothing. Also called {beeper}. [PJC]
Its Advanced System Automatic Shut-Off Iron has a light and beeper to signal when it has reached the desired temperature.
Future gains are keyed to integrating the beeper with the beepee's own communication network.
"When Jonathan's beeper goes off, he is home, which is nice.
A beeper at his waist saved a man from a bullet fired while he fought a masked gunman in an underground garage, police said.
Robinson was awaiting trial on an unrelated armed robbery charge and wore a special beeper around his ankle, police said.
Kilcoyne said that industrywide about 1 percent of beeper users get more than 500 beeps a month.
A flashing light or beeper indicates when someone has spent the allotted time in one position.
Daffynition Undertaker's pager: grim beeper.
"Nine to Five," a Cleveland-based office workers organization that supports the beeper bill, six months ago started a privacy hot line to receive reports of alleged monitoring abuses.
The beeper vibrates to page the waiter or waitress.
A Philadelphia businessman who asked his secretary to scout for good-looking women at a local pub and then call him on a beeper to tell him of his prospects is a dubious "winner" in a national bosses' contest.
They noted that he also possessed other drugs, a gun and a beeper.