In quot. 1909: a car horn. In later use: a repeated, short, high-pitched sound made by a car horn, etc.
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > thin and shrill sound > bleep or pip (10) pip-pip1909 In quot. 1909: a car horn. In later use: a repeated, short, high-pitched sound made by a car horn, etc. meep1927 A short, high-pitched sound. Also as int. beep-beep1929 such a (reduplicated) sound; also concr., a horn. pip1929 A short, high-pitched electronic tone used as a signal; spec. (a) one of a sequence of such tones broadcast over the radio as a time signal; (b)… bleep1953 A thin, high-pitched blipping sound, spec. one made by electronic equipment. bleeping1957 that bleeps; also (slang) = bleeding, adj.; also as n. peep1957 A brief, high-pitched sound produced mechanically or electronically; a beep. wheep1984 A whistling bleep, similar to the cry of a plover, made by electronic equipment. Subcategories:— made by a paging device (1) — device (1) |
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