CBn.

/siːˈbiː/

Etymology: The initial letters of Citizens(') Band.

Originally U.S.

= Citizens Band n. at citizen n. and adj. Compounds 3b; a Citizens' Band radio. Frequently attributive, esp. as CB radio.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [adjective] > type of wave > short waveband for private communication

Citizens Band1947

CB1959

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [adjective] > two-way > Citizens' Band

CB1959

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio wave > length of > specific > short waveband for private communication

Citizens Band1947

Citizen Band1957

CB1959

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > two-way > types of > Citizens' Band

CB1959

ear1975

1959 Pop. Electronics Aug. 130/2 Manufacturers eager to get their CB equipment on the market.

1964 Electronics World Jan. 51/1 CB was intended to serve the needs of small business.

1969 Yachting Feb. 60/2 The value of CB on a boat hangs on a framework of questions.

1969 Yachting Feb. 61/1 To use CB, you must have other CB stations..on your waters or shores.

1975 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 36/4 CBs work on 23 radio channels open to the public.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 24 Apr. 10/2 At least one automobile insurance company in Alabama has made theft coverage of CB radios available only for an additional premium.

1980 Amer. Speech 1976 51 208 It sometimes seems as if each day brings another handbook for CB operators.

1985 Church Times 8 Feb. 8/2 The parish raised £2,000 to buy its first twenty-eight portable CB radio sets and batteries; and the CB villagers take them everywhere around the house and garden.

Derivatives

CBer n.

/siːˈbiːə(r)/ one who operates a CB radio transmitter or receiver.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio operator > of Citizens' Band radio

CBer1959

breaker1963

1959 Pop. Electronics Aug. 130/2 The prospective CB'er..has many sets to choose from.

1975 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 36/11 Here in New York ‘Cbers’ gather..to meet the people they have been bantering with over the air.

1981 Daily Tel. 20 July 3/1 In every city where there have been riots local CB'ers have offered their local police monitoring facilities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

> as lemmas

C.B. n. confined to barracks, as a punishment in the army.

1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 11 Now, I put ut to you, Sorr, is ten days' C.B. a fit an' a proper tratement for a man who has behaved as me?

1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 20 O it's pack-drill for me and a fortnight's C.B. For ‘drunk and resisting the Guard!’

1919 War Slang in Athenæum 8 Aug. 787/2 When doing C.B...he [sc. the soldier] was doing ‘jankers’ or ‘Paddy Doyle’.

1928 W. Empson in Granta 2 Nov. 74/2 We would have put the cooks in C.B...if they'd served up this cat's food.

C.B. n. (also C.B.W.) chemical and biological (warfare).

ΚΠ

1949 T. Rosebury Peace or Pestilence ix. 99 In its modern form BW has never been used in a military operation.

1960 M. Stubbs in Adv. in Chem. XXVI. 36 A growing awareness of the potential threat of a CW-BW attack.]

1964 Bull. Atomic Scientists 20 Oct. 35/1 More attention to CB weapons is required.

1964 Bull. Atomic Scientists 20 Oct. 35/1 In 1961, the budget for Army expenditures for CBW research, development, and procurement was somewhat over 100 million dollars per year.

1966 New Scientist 29 Sept. 717/1 The employment of any one CB weapon weakens the barriers to the use of others.

1967 Times 29 May 4/4 John H. Hoskins..denied all charges that Yale was in any way engaged in classified research on C.B.W.

单词	cb
释义	CBn. /siːˈbiː/ Etymology: The initial letters of Citizens(') Band. Originally U.S. = Citizens Band n. at citizen n. and adj. Compounds 3b; a Citizens' Band radio. Frequently attributive, esp. as CB radio. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [adjective] > type of wave > short waveband for private communication Citizens Band1947 CB1959 society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [adjective] > two-way > Citizens' Band CB1959 society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio wave > length of > specific > short waveband for private communication Citizens Band1947 Citizen Band1957 CB1959 society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > two-way > types of > Citizens' Band CB1959 ear1975 1959 Pop. Electronics Aug. 130/2 Manufacturers eager to get their CB equipment on the market. 1964 Electronics World Jan. 51/1 CB was intended to serve the needs of small business. 1969 Yachting Feb. 60/2 The value of CB on a boat hangs on a framework of questions. 1969 Yachting Feb. 61/1 To use CB, you must have other CB stations..on your waters or shores. 1975 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 36/4 CBs work on 23 radio channels open to the public. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 24 Apr. 10/2 At least one automobile insurance company in Alabama has made theft coverage of CB radios available only for an additional premium. 1980 Amer. Speech 1976 51 208 It sometimes seems as if each day brings another handbook for CB operators. 1985 Church Times 8 Feb. 8/2 The parish raised £2,000 to buy its first twenty-eight portable CB radio sets and batteries; and the CB villagers take them everywhere around the house and garden. Derivatives CBer n. /siːˈbiːə(r)/ one who operates a CB radio transmitter or receiver. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [noun] > radio operator > of Citizens' Band radio CBer1959 breaker1963 1959 Pop. Electronics Aug. 130/2 The prospective CB'er..has many sets to choose from. 1975 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Oct. 36/11 Here in New York ‘Cbers’ gather..to meet the people they have been bantering with over the air. 1981 Daily Tel. 20 July 3/1 In every city where there have been riots local CB'ers have offered their local police monitoring facilities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmas C.B. C.B. n. Companion of the Bath. extracted from Cn. C.B. C.B. n. confined to barracks, as a punishment in the army. Π 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 11 Now, I put ut to you, Sorr, is ten days' C.B. a fit an' a proper tratement for a man who has behaved as me? 1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 20 O it's pack-drill for me and a fortnight's C.B. For ‘drunk and resisting the Guard!’ 1919 War Slang in Athenæum 8 Aug. 787/2 When doing C.B...he [sc. the soldier] was doing ‘jankers’ or ‘Paddy Doyle’. 1928 W. Empson in Granta 2 Nov. 74/2 We would have put the cooks in C.B...if they'd served up this cat's food. extracted from Cn. C.B. C.B. n. (also C.B.W.) chemical and biological (warfare). ΚΠ 1949 T. Rosebury Peace or Pestilence ix. 99 In its modern form BW has never been used in a military operation. 1960 M. Stubbs in Adv. in Chem. XXVI. 36 A growing awareness of the potential threat of a CW-BW attack.] 1964 Bull. Atomic Scientists 20 Oct. 35/1 More attention to CB weapons is required. 1964 Bull. Atomic Scientists 20 Oct. 35/1 In 1961, the budget for Army expenditures for CBW research, development, and procurement was somewhat over 100 million dollars per year. 1966 New Scientist 29 Sept. 717/1 The employment of any one CB weapon weakens the barriers to the use of others. 1967 Times 29 May 4/4 John H. Hoskins..denied all charges that Yale was in any way engaged in classified research on C.B.W. extracted from Cn. < n.1959 as lemmas
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