A pager is a small machine you carry in a pocket or on a belt. It cannot make a normal phone call. It only receives a signal, then beeps or shakes to say someone has sent you a short message, or wants you to telephone them.

A pager ispager是 a small machine you carry in a pocket or on a belt一種可以放在口袋裡，或掛在腰帶上的小機器。It cannot make a normal phone call它沒辦法打普通的電話。It only receives a signal它只能接收信號, then beeps or shakes然後嗶嗶叫或震動 to say someone has sent you a short message告訴你有人傳了一則短訊給你, or wants you to telephone them或希望你打電話給他們。

Before almost everyone had a mobile phone, doctors, office workers, and teenagers carried them; some hospitals still like that simple beep. In the 1990s in Taiwan many people called the thing BB Call. You almost never buy a new one now, so the word can sound a little old.

Before almost everyone had a mobile phone在幾乎每個人都有手機之前, doctors, office workers, and teenagers carried them醫生、上班族和青少年都會帶著它; some hospitals still like that simple beep有些醫院現在還是喜歡那種單純的嗶嗶聲。In the 1990s in Taiwan1990年代在台灣, many people called the thing BB Call很多人把這個東西叫做BB Call。You almost never buy a new one now現在幾乎沒有人會去買新的了, so the word can sound a little old所以這個字聽起來會有點老派。

To page someone is to send that signal. Though actually, the first part is not a page in a book: it comes from the verb page, “go and call that person,” like a young worker sent to fetch someone.

To page someone isto page someone的意思是 to send that signal發送那個信號。Though actually, the first part is not a page in a book不過實際上，這個字的來源不是書裡的那個「page」（頁）: it comes from the verb page它來自動詞page, "go and call that person,"意思是「去叫那個人來」 like a young worker sent to fetch someone就像一個被派去找人的年輕員工。