car·ri·er /ˈkæriɚ/
 搬運者,攜帶者,載體,媒介


 car·ri·er /ˈkærɪɚ/ 名詞
 攜帶者,帶(病)毒者,傳遞體,載波,載流子,輸送器,托架


 carrier
 滑動裝置; 載波 CARR


 carrier
 邊( 頻 )帶抑制載波


 carrier
 載波 載子 載體


 Car·ri·er n.
 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
    The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.   --Bacon.
 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
    The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.   --Swift.
 3. Mach. That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
 Carrier pigeon Zool., a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home.
 Carrier shell Zool., a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it.
 Common carrier Law. See under Common, a.

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 carrier
      n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the
           bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: bearer, toter]
      2: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to
         carry something; "refrigerated carriers have
         revolutionized the grocery business"
      3: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck
         for take-offs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier, flattop,
          attack aircraft carrier]
      4: an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive
         tracer of the same substance and that assists in its
         recovery after some chemical reaction
      5: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or
         goods or messages [syn: common carrier]
      6: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a
         signal [syn: carrier wave]
      7: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, {mail
         carrier, letter carrier]
      8: a boy who delivers newspapers [syn: newsboy]
      9: a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who
         can pass it on to others [syn: immune carrier]
      10: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis
          or the like