transmitter

Word family  noun transmission transmitter verb transmit

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trans·mit·ter /trænzˈmɪtə $ trænsˈmɪtər/ noun [countable]  1. TCBequipment that sends out radio or television signals 〔发送无线电或电视信号的〕发报机，发射机2  formal someone or something that passes something on to another person or thing 传送者，传输者，传播者，传播媒介transmitter of What is the main transmitter of the virus? 这种病毒的主要传播媒介是什么？

Examples from the Corpus

transmitter• What is needed is a transmitter sufficiently cheap, compact and low-powered to be installed in every home.• The cell sites have transmitters and receivers connected to antennas that communicate with the local phone system.• We've picked up his transmitter.• The nature of the retrograde messenger may give clues to the processes responsible for the sustained increase in transmitter release.• In the transmitter, infra-red is modulated to carry the analogue sound information which then fills the room.• Remember all the hullabaloo over the golf ball with the transmitter inside it.• A handset would contain an ultrasonic transmitter and the television fitted with a matching receiver.

trans·mit·ter nounChineseSyllable  

that equipment sends Corpus or radio signals television out

transmitter
trans‧mit‧ter /trænzˈmɪtə $ trænsˈmɪtər/ noun [countable]1. equipment that sends out radio or television signals
2. formal someone or something that passes something on to another person or thing
    transmitter of
    What is the main transmitter of the virus?

trans·mit·terBrE /trænsˈmɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /trænsˈmɪtər/ 🔊BrE /trænzˈmɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /trænzˈmɪtər/ 🔊 nouna piece of equipment used for sending electronic signals, especially radio or television signals （尤指电台或电视信号的）发射机，发射台，发报台  ➡  compare receiver (2) ~ of sth (formal) a person or thing that transmits sth from one person or thing to another 传送者；传输者；传播者；传染媒介◆Emphasis was placed on the school as a transmitter of moral values. 人们强调学校为道德价值观的传输者。🔊🔊