aer·i·al
noun/ˈeəriəl/
/ˈeriəl/
(especially British English) (also antenna especially in North American English)
- a piece of equipment made of wire or long straight pieces of metal for receiving or sending radio and television signals
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天线 - a forest of television aerials on the roofs
屋顶上布满电视天线的森林
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- radio
- television
- TV
- …
- transmit something
- pick something up
- receive something
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘thin as air, imaginary’): via Latin aerius from Greek aerios (from aēr ‘air’) + -al. - a forest of television aerials on the roofs