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receiver

/ri-see-ver/US // rɪˈsi vər //UK // (rɪˈsiːvə) //

接收器,接管者,接收者,接管人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that receives.
    • : a device or apparatus that receives electrical signals, waves, or the like, and renders them perceptible to the senses, as the part of a telephone held to the ear, a radio receiving set, or a television receiving set.
    • : Law. a person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of a bankrupt business or person or to care for property in litigation.
    • : Commerce. a person appointed to receive money due.
    • : a person who knowingly receives stolen goods for an illegal purpose; a dealer in stolen merchandise.
    • : a device or apparatus for receiving or holding something; receptacle; container.
    • : the basic metal unit housing the action and to which the barrel and other components are attached.
    • : Chemistry. a vessel for collecting and containing a distillate.
    • : Football. a player on the offensive team who catches, is eligible to catch, or is noted for the ability to catch a forward pass: Jones was the receiver of the first pass thrown. He sent all his receivers downfield.
    • : Baseball. the catcher.

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Examples

  • Chiefs coaches have devised drills to work on them, so that his receivers won’t get hit between the eyes by a ball they don’t see coming.

  • The receiver then sued the company, asserting that Prospect had misled the public and 2,700 current and past hospital employees about the pension fund’s financial health.

  • He only had six carries for seven yards and a touchdown in the win over Buffalo — his first game since a late December injury — but he is a talented runner and receiver who could make a big difference in this one.

  • Other companies that have been working on long-range wireless charging have relied on special cases with built-in receivers and auxiliary batteries to pull down the waves.

  • Some may include their own built-in receivers, which means you don’t have to have your phone with you, while others use the GPS in your smartphone to help geolocate you.

  • The protection will last as long as Winston can still fling the ball 50 yards downfield to a streaking wide receiver.

  • After everything is in order and the call has been placed, Hitch picks up the receiver and says “How do you do?”

  • The receiver is the only part of the gun that can be legally controlled and must be serialized if 100 percent complete.

  • Brandon Marshall, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, has a rap sheet including two domestic violence charges.

  • The sender and receiver pay the driver a few hryvnia—the Ukrainian currency—on either end.

  • I hung the receiver up again, wondering what business could fetch Jack Bridges round at that time of the evening to see me.

  • Meanwhile his property may be seized by a marshal or receiver on proof that he is neglecting it or that it is deteriorating.

  • A German receiver can be washed out like a teacup, and the oil collected is of value, but a meerschaum should never be wetted.

  • He replaced the receiver, took up a wet oilskin overall from the back of a chair and the cane from the mantleshelf.

  • Her radio set was moved back to her room and she restrung 117 the wires and connected up the receiver without help from anybody.