small electronic device, 1948, from transfer + resistor, so called because it transfers an electrical current across a resistor. Said to have been coined by U.S. electrical engineer John Robinson Pierce (1910-2002) of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., where the device was invented in 1947. It took over many functions of the vacuum tube. Transistor radio is first recorded 1958.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. This make of transistor radio is small and beautifully designed.
這半導(dǎo)體收音機(jī)小巧玲瓏.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. She took her transistor everywhere with her.
她去哪里都帶著晶體管收音機(jī).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. This transistor radio has four small cells.
這臺(tái)半導(dǎo)體收音機(jī)用4節(jié)小電池.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. Every transistor has at least three electrodes.
每個(gè)晶體管至少有三個(gè)電極.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. Hundreds of people huddled around a single transistor radio listening to the announcement.