beeper

noun

1. an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

Synonym: pager

1. 寻呼机；传呼机
A beeper is a portable device that makes a beeping noise, usually to tell you to phone someone or to remind you to do something.

e.g. His beeper sounded and he picked up the telephone.
他的寻呼机响了，于是他拿起了电话。

1. 机：如:BP机(beeper),VCD光盘(Video Compact Disk)等. 外来词的出现是语言与文化交流中不可避免的现象,而外来词的翻译也与文化因素紧密相关,不同语言所反映和承载的文化又各有差异. 翻译界在处理文化差异的问题上有两种对立的意见,

2. 寻呼机;BP机：combined set; mobile phone手机 | beeper寻呼机;BP机 | receiver, earpiece 听筒