| 单词 | call sign |
| 释义 | > as lemmascall sign call sign n. (a) a signal that a telephone call is being made (now rare); (b) a name or code used in radio communication to identify a person, ship, aircraft, or other transmitter, spec. a sequence of letters and numbers identifying a particular radio or television station. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio codes and call-signs call signal1853 call letter1876 call sign1896 ten signal1951 good buddy1956 Zulu1960 ten-code1969 twenty1975 1896 Electr. World 22 Aug. 218/2 The burning of this lamp serves the operator as the call sign. 1907 Economist 20 July 1214/2 Particulars of the locality, ‘call signs’, range and wave-lengths of the various stations. 1921 Glasgow Herald 4 Feb. 9 Shortly after two o'clock she was called, but did not answer her call-sign. 1937 Argus (Melbourne) 1 Dec. 3/4 From to-day the call sign of the short-wave station of the Australian Broadcasting Commission will be changed from VK3LR to VLR. 1981 Billboard 19 Dec. 13/3 KCBS-FM is changing its call sign to KRQR because of the ‘continuing marketing problem of confusion with KCBS-AM's news radio’. 1990 Vanity Fair Aug. 106/2 Brando has been known to transmit messages under a number of call signs, or ‘handles’. 2013 Navy News Nov. 9/1 Testing its defensive aid suite above HMS Dragon is the destroyer's helicopter, callsign Flametrap. < as lemmas |
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