antenna

名词 antenna:

1. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
   同义词：aerial, transmitting aerial
2. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
   同义词：feeler
3. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
   同义词：feeler

1. A radio receiver and directional antenna used as a system to determine the angular direction of incoming radio signals.
   无线方向探测器一种无线电接收和指向天线系统，用来确定收到的无线电信号的角方向
2. No antenna, no radio, we're back in the nineteenth century!
   没有天线，没有无线电，我们回到十九世纪了。
3. Extended the radio antenna.
   把收音机的天线拉到最长
4. You should fix the television antenna before receiving programs.
   接收节目前，你应该先装天线。

an.ten.na

n.（名词）
【复数】 an.ten.nae[-tμn.ô] 缩写 ant.

Zoology One of the paired, flexible, segmented sensory appendages on the head of an insect, a myriapod, or a crustacean functioning primarily as an organ of touch.
【动物学】 触角，触须：昆虫、多足纲节肢动物或甲壳类动物头部的一对灵活的管状感觉器官之一，主要为触觉器官
Something likened to this sensory appendage, as in function or form:
感觉，直觉：功能或形状与这种感觉器官类似的东西：
例句：
sensitive public relations antennae.
敏感的公关直觉

pl. an.ten.nas A metallic apparatus for sending or receiving electromagnetic waves.Also called In this sense, also called aerial
【复数】 an.ten.nas 天线：用于放射或接收电磁波的金属仪器也作 在此意义上也可称作 aerial

来源：
Medieval Latin
中世纪拉丁语
from Latin [sail yard]
源自 拉丁语 [帆桁]
translation of Greek keraia [insect feeler, yardarm]
希腊语 keraia的翻译 [昆虫触角，桁端]

【引伸】
anten.nal
adj.（形容词）