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单词 wireless
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Definition of wireless in English:

wireless

adjective ˈwʌɪəlɪsˈwaɪ(ə)rləs
  • Using radio, microwaves, etc. (as opposed to wires or cables) to transmit signals.

    wireless broadband
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A scaleable, broadband wireless system for providing radio access to a metropolitan area.
    • There needs to be a new network in place to allow the broadband transmission over the wireless network.
    • These units may be placed in either homes or businesses to receive and transmit a wireless broadband signal.
    • As instant messaging migrates to cell phones and other wireless devices, interoperability will be even more crucial.
    • The Wireless Broadcast Unit is a specialist provider of wireless broadcast products for the media and entertainment arena.
    • The receiver demodulates the wireless signal and ships it on to the customer's terminal equipment.
    • Wireless networks are open and available to all who have wireless devices, whereas wired networks require a physical connection to gain access.
    • An eavesdropper can use the program to identify nearby devices that use the Bluetooth wireless protocol.
    • BT has unveiled a wireless ADSL broadband modem that allows up to ten people to share a single broadband connection.
    • A number of US Senators were said to be preparing bills to expand the radio spectrum for wireless Internet.
    • They use wireless radios to call elevators or open automatic doors.
    • Wi-Fi relies on radio waves and wireless access points or gateways.
    • The cradle can be moved around your desk to locate it in the spot with the best wireless signal, because it's like a paperweight on the end of a wire.
    • To be viable, cellphones and future wireless Internet access devices will need to be mass-produced.
    • To fully equip every street in Britain with conventional wireless networking, would require a prodigious effort.
    • It'll beam wireless Internet signals over a 5-mile square mile area of Seattle.
    • The wireless solution was cheaper than wiring the entire campus, and it's so much more convenient.
    • Using wireless broadcast technology, each mast has a range of up to 25 miles and can deliver speeds of up to 1.5Mbps.
    • India, with its population of more than 1 billion, has averaged 1 million new connections in both fixed line and wireless phones every month since March.
    • The site focuses on the benefits of reallocating low-frequency wireless capacity from broadcasting to unlicensed applications, both here and around the world.
    • Most technology gets cheaper over the decades; air travel, computer power, computers, wireless communication.
    • The T - 1 speed wireless signal that runs through my house allows me to stay plugged-in at all times.
    • Marconi's first transatlantic wireless signal was recreated yesterday to mark the 100th anniversary of the historic transmission.
    • There are other weaknesses in the wireless system.
    • Technology now exists for wireless connections, via radio signals.
noun ˈwʌɪəlɪsˈwaɪ(ə)rləs
  • 1British dated A radio.

    listening to the news on the wireless
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They're talking about having standard exams for the universities next year, it was on the wireless.
    • Her brother got out of medical school… and the wireless at the dance hall broke.
    • Even now I am very sensitive when something isn't tuned in properly on the wireless.
    • And, perhaps above all, I'd listened to the wireless, day after day, listened to stories and songs of far away places and of different times.
    • He had a hearty appetite, took very little exercise, and spent his days sitting at his office desk and most evenings sitting in front of the fire, listening to the wireless.
    • He rarely went out during the day, but sat in ‘his’ chair, smoking a clay pipe and listening to the wireless while waiting for his next meal.
    • Only late in the day was it realised that the basic idea of a public service broadcaster offering information and education along with entertainment applied to TV just as much as the wireless.
    • These days it's on a Saturday night, when you've probably other things to do than sit round the wireless between 10.00 pm and midnight.
    • His father, he has said, was ‘an endlessly inventive man’ who was never happier than when tinkering with wirelesses, of which there was one in every room in the flat.
    • I didn't consciously start to collect these wirelesses - it just happened.
    • I have frequently heard that disputes as to the right pronunciation of words have been settled by reference to the manner in which they have been spoken on the wireless.
    • And that's why I hid myself away in their attic room for much of my three week exile, tuning into UK radio on the giant wireless set, keeping in touch with home.
    • Telephones, television, private cars and wirelesses - all began their steady growth into mass ownership items during this period.
    • At a passing thought, she turned on the wireless.
    • For those of us in the UK, it was Radio Luxembourg, early Radio One or the pirates of the 1960s that first kindled our love of the wireless.
    • I have always been fascinated by how things are put together whether it is wirelesses or motor cars.
    • Submarine wirelesses were constantly improved throughout the war and a major development was the invention of the telescopic masts.
    • In the days before the wireless, he was trained to bear news of imminent bad weather from island to island.
    • Turning on the wireless, the news announced that the operation had begun.
    • A calm Tuesday morning, the Radio 4 Today programme on the wireless, not much news about.
  • 2mass noun Broadcasting, computer networking, or other communication using radio signals, microwaves, etc.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Phone wireless is opening up a lot of social exchanges that we didn't expect before.
    • Because wireless still is a young industry, there is plenty of uncertainty over which companies eventually will dominate the space…
    • It is looking at other ways - such as wireless or satellite - to bring broadband to these areas.
    • Users will have access through a combination of terrestrial wireless and satellite transmissions.
    • The Yankee Group projects steeper year-over-year growth for satellite, broadband wireless and other technologies.
    • With planning, a solution can be offered that will combine cable, wireless and satellite services.
    • The second step is to help create the right policy and regulatory environment for broadband, and satellite, and wireless.
    • He said nothing new in his suggestion that broadband infrastructures - be it DSL, satellite, cable or wireless - could be run by just a handful of companies.
    • Some older buildings are very difficult to pull cable through, and wireless may be able to get everyone connected.
    • In a world where there is competition between cable and wireless and telephone for video and voice and data, what is the role of the FCC?

Definition of wireless in US English:

wireless

adjectiveˈwaɪ(ə)rləsˈwī(ə)rləs
  • Using radio, microwaves, etc. (as opposed to wires or cables) to transmit signals.

    wireless broadband
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Marconi's first transatlantic wireless signal was recreated yesterday to mark the 100th anniversary of the historic transmission.
    • To fully equip every street in Britain with conventional wireless networking, would require a prodigious effort.
    • Wireless networks are open and available to all who have wireless devices, whereas wired networks require a physical connection to gain access.
    • The site focuses on the benefits of reallocating low-frequency wireless capacity from broadcasting to unlicensed applications, both here and around the world.
    • To be viable, cellphones and future wireless Internet access devices will need to be mass-produced.
    • The wireless solution was cheaper than wiring the entire campus, and it's so much more convenient.
    • India, with its population of more than 1 billion, has averaged 1 million new connections in both fixed line and wireless phones every month since March.
    • Wi-Fi relies on radio waves and wireless access points or gateways.
    • The Wireless Broadcast Unit is a specialist provider of wireless broadcast products for the media and entertainment arena.
    • Technology now exists for wireless connections, via radio signals.
    • A number of US Senators were said to be preparing bills to expand the radio spectrum for wireless Internet.
    • Using wireless broadcast technology, each mast has a range of up to 25 miles and can deliver speeds of up to 1.5Mbps.
    • The receiver demodulates the wireless signal and ships it on to the customer's terminal equipment.
    • As instant messaging migrates to cell phones and other wireless devices, interoperability will be even more crucial.
    • They use wireless radios to call elevators or open automatic doors.
    • There are other weaknesses in the wireless system.
    • BT has unveiled a wireless ADSL broadband modem that allows up to ten people to share a single broadband connection.
    • It'll beam wireless Internet signals over a 5-mile square mile area of Seattle.
    • Most technology gets cheaper over the decades; air travel, computer power, computers, wireless communication.
    • A scaleable, broadband wireless system for providing radio access to a metropolitan area.
    • An eavesdropper can use the program to identify nearby devices that use the Bluetooth wireless protocol.
    • The T - 1 speed wireless signal that runs through my house allows me to stay plugged-in at all times.
    • The cradle can be moved around your desk to locate it in the spot with the best wireless signal, because it's like a paperweight on the end of a wire.
    • There needs to be a new network in place to allow the broadband transmission over the wireless network.
    • These units may be placed in either homes or businesses to receive and transmit a wireless broadband signal.
nounˈwaɪ(ə)rləsˈwī(ə)rləs
  • 1Broadcasting, computer networking, or other communication using radio signals, microwaves, etc.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Yankee Group projects steeper year-over-year growth for satellite, broadband wireless and other technologies.
    • Because wireless still is a young industry, there is plenty of uncertainty over which companies eventually will dominate the space…
    • He said nothing new in his suggestion that broadband infrastructures - be it DSL, satellite, cable or wireless - could be run by just a handful of companies.
    • With planning, a solution can be offered that will combine cable, wireless and satellite services.
    • In a world where there is competition between cable and wireless and telephone for video and voice and data, what is the role of the FCC?
    • Users will have access through a combination of terrestrial wireless and satellite transmissions.
    • Phone wireless is opening up a lot of social exchanges that we didn't expect before.
    • Some older buildings are very difficult to pull cable through, and wireless may be able to get everyone connected.
    • It is looking at other ways - such as wireless or satellite - to bring broadband to these areas.
    • The second step is to help create the right policy and regulatory environment for broadband, and satellite, and wireless.
  • 2British dated A radio receiving set.

    无线电收音机

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One hundred years ago, there was no wireless, telly or cinema and the moving image was in its infancy.
    • But most analysts predict that it will be at least a decade or so before the technology has advanced enough to make internet radio as cheap and painless to use as the battered old wireless.
    • You remember that he could hardly speak when he first became king, as far as the radio was concerned, wireless as it was called in those days.
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