antenna

UK:  [æn'tenə]

US:  [ænˈtenə]

复数：antennae  复数：antennas  

n.

1.【生】触角;触须

2.天线,常用于美式英语

3.〈比喻〉直觉; 警觉,像有触角一样,比喻感觉敏锐

1 . In electronics, the degree to which the amplitude of a signal is increased when it passes through an amplifier, repeater or antenna.
在电子学中，表示信号通过放大器、增音器或天线后幅度增加的程度。

2 . As you may recall, Consumer Reports and others said the iPhone 4 had antenna problems that caused it to drop calls.
你应该还记得，消费者报告和其它一些报告曾揭露了iPhone4的天线存在问题，会导致通话的中断。

3 . The scape is the first or basal segment of the antenna and is often conspicuously longer than any of the succeeding segments.
柄节是触角的第一节或基节，通常明显地比以后其它各节都长。

4 . His shoulder, sunk in an old military jacket, rested against the wall and a radio antenna stuck out of his pocket.
他肩上披着一件旧军用夹克，口袋里收音机的天线则露在外面。

5 . He said the company knew about the antenna problem but did not consider it major.
他说，公司知道的天线问题，但认为没有重大。