receiver

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A telephone's receiver is the part that you hold near to your ear and speak into. 電話聽筒
She picked up the receiver and started to dial. 她拿起聽筒開始撥號(hào)。
2. N-COUNT A receiver is the part of a radio or television that picks up signals and converts them into sound or pictures. (收音機(jī)或電視機(jī)的) 信號(hào)接收器
Auto-tuning VHF receivers are now common in cars. 自動(dòng)調(diào)諧的超高頻信號(hào)接收器現(xiàn)普遍使用在小汽車上。
3. N-COUNT Thereceiver is someone who is appointed by a court of law to manage the affairs of a business, usually when it is facing financial failure. (法庭指定的) 破產(chǎn)接管人[商業(yè)] [usu 'the' N]
...the receivers handling his bankruptcy case. …處理他破產(chǎn)案子的接管人員們。

I went to pick up the receiver, but it had stopped ringing .
She hung up the receiver in disgust .
The receiver is designed to take advantage of the full frequency range transmitted .
She held the receiver to her ear .
When he was a child , Stuart built a radio receiver and transmitter .