receiver
/rɪˈsiːvə(r)/noun
1
- the part of a telephone apparatus contained in the earpiece, in which electrical signals are converted into sounds（电话）听筒, 耳机。
1.1
- a complete telephone handset（成套的）电话听筒：
he picked up the receiver.
他拿起听筒。
1.2
- a piece of radio or television apparatus that detects broadcast signals and converts them into visible or audible form收音机, 收报机; （电视）接收机; 接收器：
a satellite receiver.
卫星接收器。
2
- a person who gets or accepts something that has been sent or given to them收受者; 收件人：
the receiver of a gift.
礼品收受者。
2.1
- (in tennis and similar games) the player to whom the ball is served to begin play（网球或类似比赛用语）接球员。
2.2
- American Football a player who specializes in catching passes【美橄】接球员。
2.3
- chiefly Brit. a person who buys or accepts stolen goods in the knowledge that they have been stolen〈主英〉收赃人; 窝赃者。
3
- （〈英〉亦作official receiver）a person or company appointed by a court to manage the financial affairs of a business or person that has gone bankrupt破产事务官, 破产管理人, 破产管理公司：
the company is in the hands of the receivers.
该公司已由破产管理人掌管。
4
- Chemistry a container for collecting the products of distillation, chromatography, or other process【化】接受罐, 聚集器。
5
- the part of a firearm which houses the action and to which the barrel and other parts are attached（安置枪栓并与枪管等部件相连接的）机匣。