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walkie-talkie

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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walk·ie-talk·ie /ˌwɔːki ˈtɔːki $ ˌwɒːki ˈtɒːki/ noun [countable]  TCone of a pair of radios that you can carry with you, and use to speak to the person who has the other radio 步话机,无线电对讲机
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walkie-talkieThe new Motorola TalkAbout 200 walkie-talkie is especially designed for you and your family.She then spoke into a walkie-talkie and they walked back into the building.The lieutenant was screaming into his walkie-talkie for advice.Des lounges against it and switches on his walkie-talkie.A Mirage security guard uses his walkie-talkie to cal for reinforcements, and directs people who want autographs into a line.Flung on the floor near by was an official-looking walkie-talkie.Although their noses were inches apart they talked on walkie-talkies.We tried frantically to reach him with our walkie-talkies, but he was somewhere enroute from the island of Gozo.
walk·ie-talk·ie nounChineseSyllable
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walkie-talkie
walkie-talkie /ˌwɔːki ˈtɔːki $ ˌwɒːki ˈtɒːki/ noun [countable]
one of a pair of radios that you can carry with you, and use to speak to the person who has the other radio


walkie-talkieBrE /ˌwɔːki ˈtɔːki/ 🔊NAmE /ˌwɔːki ˈtɔːki/ 🔊 noun (informal) a small radio that you can carry with you and use to send or receive messages 步话机;无线电通话机