small electronic device, 1948, from transfer + resistor, so called because it transfers an electrical current across a resistor. Said to have been coined by U.S. electrical engineer John Robinson Pierce (1910-2002) of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., where the device was invented in 1947. It took over many functions of the vacuum tube. Transistor radio is first recorded 1958.
雙語例句
1. This make of transistor radio is small and beautifully designed.
這半導體收音機小巧玲瓏.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. She took her transistor everywhere with her.
她去哪里都帶著晶體管收音機.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. This transistor radio has four small cells.
這臺半導體收音機用4節小電池.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. Every transistor has at least three electrodes.
每個晶體管至少有三個電極.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. Hundreds of people huddled around a single transistor radio listening to the announcement.