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An antenna is a metal rod or wire that sends or receives radio, TV, or phone signals — you might see one on a car roof or on top of a building. The word also means the two thin on top of an insect's head, like on an ant or a butterfly, which the insect uses to touch and smell things around it.
天線；(昆蟲的)觸角
組成From Latin, originally meaning the pole that holds up a ship's sail.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
antennanoun/ænˈtɛn.ə/
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An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
- The overall shape of most insect antennae is elongate and cylindrical, although elaborations into plumose, lamellate, or pectinate forms have arisen many times in different insect lineages.
- He put his fingers over his head like two antennas, crossed his eyes, and waggled his tongue like some kind of insect. In the same work, Brown uses antennae to refer to both aerials and feelers during more technical descriptions.
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An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
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The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
- Most nurses believe they are born with an antenna of sorts, which is able to guide them through clinical practice and help them determine what is right and what is not...
- Obama is astute. He approaches things with the help of a sensitive antenna.
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biochemistrybiologychemistryA fragment of an oligosaccharide
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nauticaltransportThe spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。