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handset

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hand·set /ˈhændset/ noun [countable]  1. the part of a telephone that you hold near your ear and mouth 电话听筒2. the part of a mobile phone that you hold in your hand 〔手机的〕手持部分
Examples from the Corpus
handsetRecorded commentaries will be available to visitors through a handset.A handset would contain an ultrasonic transmitter and the television fitted with a matching receiver.He picked up the radio handset.Picking up the radio handset, he called the exercise to a halt.As he watched, Spatz tried the emergency phone, then threw the handset down angrily.A speaker and a microphone lets you talk and listen without using the handset.The handset is a NiCad rechargeable system that takes 12 hours to fully charge.The handset looks like an elongated remote control and weighs only 1 pound.
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handset
handset /ˈhændset/ noun [countable]
1. the part of a telephone that you hold near your ear and mouth
2. the part of a mobile phone that you hold in your hand


hand·setBrE /ˈhændset/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhændset/ 🔊 nounthe part of a telephone that you hold close to your mouth and ear to speak into and listen 电话听筒   compare receiver (1) a mobile/cell phone or smartphone, especially the main part of the phone not including the battery or SIM card 手机,智能手机(尤指电话的主体部分,不包括电池和 SIM 卡)mobile handsets移动电话handset manufacturers手机生产商a device that you hold in your hand to operate a television, etc. (电视等的)遥控器   see also remote control (2)