| 释义 |
▪ I. beep, n.|biːp|
[Imitative.]
The sound made by a horn on a motor car or other vehicle; a short high-pitched sound such as is emitted by an echo-sounder, a radar device, etc. Also attrib. So beep-beep, such a (reduplicated) sound; also concr., a horn.
1929E. Wilson I thought of Daisy v. 299 Did you ever hear them talk about auto-horns?.. There's a toot-toot, and a beep-beep. 1937N. Marsh Vintage Murder xxii. 250 This horn is called a ‘beep-beep’. 1951A. C. Clarke Sands of Mars iv. 45 The carrier wave..now modulated into an endless string of ‘beep-beep-beeps’. 1952[see beeper]. 1956J. Potts Diehard vii. 109 The ritual beep-beep of his horn... Two brief, muted beeps. 1957Economist 2 Nov. 399/1 A four-stage research rocket..sent back beeps. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vii. 131 Time signal pips or ‘beep’ tones: the very words ‘pip’ and ‘beep’ suggest the effect I mean.
▪ II. beep, v.|biːp|
[Imitative; cf. prec.]
a. trans. To sound (a horn); to make (something) emit a short high-pitched sound; to indicate by sounding beeps.
b. intr. To emit beeps. Hence beeped, ˈbeeping, ppl. adjs.
1936O. Nash Primrose Path 101 Beep the horn and howl the klaxon For Hebrew, Latin and Anglo-Saxon; Howling klaxon, beeping horn. 1953Pohl & Kornbluth Space Merch. (1955) xiii. 140 He went pale, but beeped his alarm, and went down in a tangle of fists and boots. 1958New Scientist 16 Oct. 1060/1 The first Russian moon rose beeping into the sky a year ago. 1962Flight Internat. LXXXI. 299/1 An Aero Commander was fitted with Lear L-5B autopilot (modified for close pitch control, decrabbing and ‘beeped’ pitch trim). |