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单词 pinger
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pingern.

Brit. /ˈpɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈpɪŋər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ping v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < ping v.2 + -er suffix1. With sense 2a compare earlier ping n. 3a. With sense 2b compare earlier ping n. 3b, and also ping-man, ping jockey at ping int. and n. Compounds.
1. An instrument which emits a ping or pings, esp. as a warning or reminder; spec. a kitchen timer.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > timer or chronograph
stop-watch1740
time marker1835
time recorder1836
hourglass1852
time clock1857
time lock1858
egg-glass1867
chronograph1868
egg-timer1869
timer1869
gunner's pendulum1876
time switch1884
chess-clock1905
phototimer1942
pinger1950
shot clock1967
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > timer
dinger1914
phototimer1942
pinger1950
1950 Times 3 Nov. 1/2 Get a Smiths ‘pinger’ timer... Times your baking, boiling, pressure cooking, infant feeding.
1968 J. Bingham I love, I Kill vi. 72 I heard the old vibrant tinkling, like those kitchen ping-ers which tell you when the cabbage is ready cooked.
1976 P. Dickinson King & Joker i. 10 Two eggs..boiled for two minutes... The pinger pinged.
1986 Punch 25 Jan. 10/2 Can he manage to get out of the garage..[without] setting off a number of internal warning lights and pingers?
2.
a. An underwater device that transmits pings at short intervals for purposes of detection, measurement, or identification; esp. a sonar transducer or a sonic marker. Cf. ping n. 3a.
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society > communication > telecommunication > other types of sound telecommunication > [noun]
telephoning1877
radiophony1880
photophony1881
sonar1943
pinger1957
side scan1996
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > system investigating sea, atmosphere, etc.
sonar1943
pinger1957
1957 Deep-sea Res. 4 120 The three principal units which comprise the camera are the photographic unit, the electronic flash light and the acoustic signal generator or ‘pinger’.
1969 J. W. Mavor Voy. Atlantis ii. iv. 124 It was the shallowness of the water that made examination with Doc's pinger feasible.
1975 Offshore Engineer Nov. 51/1 The pinger receiver audibly indicates the direction to a pinger using a manually operated sensitivity control..and an earphone.
1993 New Yorker 13 Dec. 96/1 A decoy black box with a false ‘pinger’, or sound marker, was thrown into the sea to deceive American searchers.
b. Services' slang. A sonar operator; an anti-submarine pilot.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > Asdic operator
ping-man1946
pinger1961
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > others
press-gang1693
young gentleman1784
sidesman1803
side boy1823
trouncer1867
rating1877
Navy Leaguer1898
requestman1916
tiger1929
mineman1943
shore patrolman1944
striker1944
ping1948
pinger1961
bubblehead1965
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1222/1 Pinger, the Asdic officer: Naval: since ca. 1936.
1979 Sunday Times 25 Nov. (Mag.) They were originally ‘two pingers, a jungly and a crab’ as Service slang describes anti-submarine, Commando and RAF pilots.
1989 R. Jolly Jackspeak: Pusser's Rum Guide to Royal Navy Slanguage 215 Pinger, anti-submarine warfare helicopter specialist, derived from the pinging sound made by the Sea King [helicopter]'s active (dipping) sonar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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