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antenna

/an-ten-uh/US // ænˈtɛn ə //UK // (ænˈtɛnə) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural an·ten·nas for 1, an·ten·nae [an-ten-ee] /ænˈtɛn i/ for 2.

    • : a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
    • : Zoology. one of the jointed, movable, sensory appendages occurring in pairs on the heads of insects and most other arthropods.

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Examples

  • Internal antennas provide better WiFi coverage, higher speed, and will permanently rid your home of dead zones.

  • The handle has the antenna built into it for FM reception, and folds down to act as a stand if you don’t mind your music blasting into the ground or table.

  • Not only are its signals much stronger at ground level, but the antennas for its microwave frequencies are about 10 times more directional than GPS antennas.

  • Your hand will block the signal, so the solution to that is multiple antennas that work around your hand position.

  • These are ground-based networks of antennas and GPS receivers.

  • The mission itself is simply a small computer powered by solar cells, with an antenna transmitting at 145.980 MHz.

  • You cannot just come up with a vampire who is green and has an antenna.

  • Holding a portable antenna high over his head, he surveyed the area as it emitted a series of telling bleeps.

  • Yet with the phone simply "on," the scientists found a significant change in brain activity in the areas closest to its antenna.

  • His cellphone, he says proudly, is the kind that still has an antenna, and he uses it, naturally, only to make phone calls.

  • For the antenna and lead-in and ground wires, Jessie purchased three hundred feet of copper wire, number fourteen.

  • I discovered a short between the automatic trigger and the ship's secondary communication antenna.

  • Arcot pointed toward a tall, oddly-shaped antenna that rose from the highest building of the city.

  • That antenna is similar to those we found on the planets of the Black Star; it's a heat screen.

  • After making a careful mark on the setting circle, Jason turned the receiving antenna through one hundred eighty degrees of arc.