small electronic device, 1948, from transfer + resistor, so called because it transfers an electrical current across a resistor. Said to have been coined by U.S. electrical engineer John Robinson Pierce (1910-2002) of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., where the device was invented in 1947. It took over many functions of the vacuum tube. Transistor radio is first recorded 1958.
双语例句
1. This make of transistor radio is small and beautifully designed.
这半导体收音机小巧玲珑.
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2. She took her transistor everywhere with her.
她去哪里都带着晶体管收音机.
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3. This transistor radio has four small cells.
这台半导体收音机用4节小电池.
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4. Every transistor has at least three electrodes.
每个晶体管至少有三个电极.
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5. Hundreds of people huddled around a single transistor radio listening to the announcement.