| 释义 |
hands-free, a.
Brit. |ˈhan(d)zˌfriː|, U.S. |ˈhæn(d)zˈˌfri|
[‹ the plural of hand n.1 + free adj.]
Designating a device, esp. a telephone, which can be operated without using the hands; designating an activity or function enabled by such a device.
1955Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 10 Jan. 8/6 Included in the new equipment will be illuminated dials, colored sets, answering devices and the new hands-free phone. 1977W. J. Ruffer & W. F. Wernet GTE Automatic Electr. Jrnl. 15 275 The new speakerphone is a small, handsetless device which combines conventional design with microelectronic integration to provide hands-free calling. 1989Which? Sept. 443/3 Others would have liked facilities which their present phones didn't have, especially hands-free speech and voice-activated dialling. 1996Sci. Amer. Oct. 60/1 We are..now experimenting with a hands-free EMG mouse. With it, a person can adjust the position of a cursor on the screen using, for example, forearm muscles. 2004T. L. Lee & C. M. Anthony Gotham Diaries 99 Talking on her hands-free cell phone with a dangling mouthpiece that jumped as she gesticulated wildly. |