tannoy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A public address system. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,colloquial
    — Although the supermarket tannoy was bravely broadcasting Rigoletto, its meat counter was thick with wurst and its wine shelves loaded with Liebfraumilch.
动词 v.
  1. To transmit, or communicate with, by means of a public address system. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,ambitransitive

词形变化

tannoys plural tannoys present,singular,third-person tannoying participle,present tannoyed participle,past tannoyed past

词源

词源 1
A genericised trademark of Tannoy Ltd, a manufacturer of public address systems. "Tannoy" is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum + alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company.
词源 2
A genericised trademark of Tannoy Ltd, a manufacturer of public address systems. "Tannoy" is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum + alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company.
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