receiver

receiver指“接收的人”或“接收信号、物质等的装置”，现代英语中常指电子接收设备。

💡 记忆钩子

把receiver想成“接收的终点”：人可以接收东西、信息或信件，设备也可以接收无线电信号；因此它从“接收者”自然扩展为“接收装置”。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“接收者”和“接收设备”这两个现代常用义项；历史语境中的“接收人”或“容器”通常不必优先记忆。
不要把receiver只理解成“收件人”；在电子产品语境中，它通常指接收信号的设备或部件。

📖 中文释义

noun

rare 历史上的接收者

📖 指接受某物或某种事务的人，是“接收者”这一核心概念的历史用法；现代英语中通常不作为优先义项学习。

💡 常见于历史文献或旧式法律、行政语境，通常以“receiver of + 内容”出现。现代日常英语里，表示普通收件人或接受者时往往会使用更具体的词。不要因为它能表示“接收者”就把它当作所有相关场合的首选词。

historical
core 接收者；收件人

📖 指实际收到信件、请求、款项或其他事物的人，也就是完成“接收”动作的那一方。

💡 常用结构是“receiver of + 名词”，例如表示某封信或某笔款项的接收者。这个词比具体的“收件人”更宽泛，适用于多种被接收的事物；不要把它误解成发送者或传递者。

The receiver of the package signed for it at the door.

包裹的接收人在门口签收了它。

She was the receiver of several urgent messages.

她收到了几条紧急消息。
core 接收器；接收设备

📖 指接收无线电、电视或其他信号的设备或部件。它不是主动发送信号的一方，而是把外来的信号接进来的“终点”。

💡 常用结构是“receiver for + 用途”或“receiver that receives + 信号”，也常直接和无线电、电视、卫星信号等搭配。科技语境中它可以指整台设备，也可以指设备中的接收部件。不要把receiver和只负责发送信号的设备混淆。

The satellite receiver is not picking up any signal.

卫星接收器接收不到任何信号。

He bought a new radio receiver for the workshop.

他为工作室买了一台新的无线电接收机。
rare 历史上的接收容器

📖 在旧式科学或历史文本中，receiver也可指用来承接或容纳某物的器具；它仍然体现“把东西接进来”的核心概念。

💡 这一用法主要见于历史科学文献，常指实验中承接气体或其他物质的容器。现代英语中通常会使用更具体的器具名称，因此不宜把它当作普通“容器”的常用说法。

historical

receivers plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 6 组

set that receives radio or tv signals

同义词集: receiver receiving system

上位: set 下位: boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, radio, radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, television, television receiver, television set, telly, tuner, tv, tv set, wireless

earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds

同义词集: telephone receiver receiver

上位: earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone 下位: headset

a person who receives something

同义词集: recipient receiver

下位: beneficiary, borrower, dependant, dependent, donee, heir, heritor, host, inheritor, mandatary, mandatory

(law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties

同义词集: liquidator receiver

上位: fiduciary

a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass

同义词集: receiver pass receiver pass catcher

上位: football player, footballer

the tennis player who receives the serve

同义词集: receiver

🌳 词源

源自中古英语，来自盎格鲁-诺曼语，后来重新分析为receive加后缀-er。

Inherited from Middle English receyvour, from Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.

🔄 变式

receivers plural

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