"pagers" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 傳呼機

Definition

一種能接收簡短信息或信號的小型設備，在手機普及前常用來快速聯絡某人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

現在主要是技術或懷舊詞彙，傳呼機較罕見。現今主要用於醫療或緊急行業。不要與手機或簡訊混淆。

Examples

Doctors used pagers to get emergency messages.

醫生用**傳呼機**接收緊急信息。

People carried pagers before cell phones were common.

在手機普及前，人們隨身帶著**傳呼機**。

Nurses were contacted using pagers in hospitals.

醫院常用**傳呼機**聯絡護士。

Back in the '90s, everyone thought pagers were so cool.

90年代時，大家覺得**傳呼機**很酷。

Some hospitals still use pagers because cell phone signals aren’t reliable everywhere.

有些醫院仍用**傳呼機**，因為手機信號並不總是可靠。

He keeps his old pagers as a memory of his first job.

他把舊**傳呼機**當作第一份工作的紀念品留著。