For the everyday word, you can picture a pilot pressing the radio button and sending one short word back: your message landed here. It is not agreement and not a promise — just a receipt, said out loud.
From the word’s history
In the old radio alphabet the letter R was spoken as 'Roger', and R stood for 'received'. The usage is attested in the U.S. military from 1941 (the RAF reportedly from 1938), so the word is really just a spoken letter doing a job.
舊版無線電字母表裡,字母 R 唸作「Roger」,而 R 代表 received(已收到)。這個用法在美軍 1941 年前後有紀錄,英國皇家空軍據說 1938 年就在用。所以這個字在這裡只是把一個字母唸出來當暗號,跟人名 Roger 沒有意思上的關聯。
Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/roger
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原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
Rogernoun/ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/
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radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
Rogername/ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir / To Roger, Earl of March, who was the son / Of Edmund Mortimer.
- Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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obsoletedialectalThe Devil; Satan.
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Jolly Roger (pirate flag)
- The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]
rogerintj詞源 1/ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/
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broadcastingcommunicationselectrical-engineeringReceived (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)
- Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT.
rogerverb詞源 1/ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/
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broadcastingcommunicationselectrical-engineeringTo acknowledge by saying "roger".
- The Explorer radio operator rogered receipt of the War Room's signal.
rogerverb詞源 2/ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/
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vulgarslangOf a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.
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vulgarslangTo have sexual intercourse.
- Should not a Half-pay Officer roger for sixpence?
rogernoun詞源 2/ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/
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vulgarslangAn act of sexual intercourse.
- ALAN: Lynn, if I have to put back my roger with Sonja one more time, I'll be fit to burst.
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