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loudhailer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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loud·hail·er /ˌlaʊdˈheɪlə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  loudhailer.jpg British EnglishTC a piece of equipment with a microphone, that you can hold in your hand and speak through to make your voice louder 电子喇叭,扩音器 SYN megaphone, American English bullhorn
Examples from the Corpus
loudhailerHer reverie was broken by the sound of a loudhailer coming from the street.The attackers then called by loudhailer on those in the house to surrender.The organizers, loudhailers in hand, were corralling the crowd into marching formation when the first group of skinheads appeared.
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loudhailer
loudhailer /ˌlaʊdˈheɪlə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

British English a piece of equipment with a microphone, that you can hold in your hand and speak through to make your voice louder
   SYN  megaphone, bullhorn American English


loud·hail·erBrE /ˌlaʊdˈheɪlə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌlaʊdˈheɪlər/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE bull·horn) nounan electronic device, shaped like a horn, with a microphone at one end, that you speak into in order to make your voice louder so that it can be heard at a distance 电子喇叭;扩音器   compare megaphone