mass nounAn alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short light or sound signals.
莫尔斯电码
it transmits a signal of continuous dashes in Morse
Example sentencesExamples
It works like Morse code, which is a way to transmit the alphabet over radio waves using dots (short beeps) and dashes (long beeps).
I learned Morse code in my early teens, while taking a ham radio course.
The sailor translates the message into Morse code (dots and dashes) and uses a signal light (floodlight with a venetian blind type shutter on it) to send the message to the other ship.
Ham radios can send messages on multiple channels and in myriad ways, including Morse code, microwave frequencies and even email.
Campers are taught in an underground training center, learning to read navigational maps and to signal with flags and in Morse code.
This was not radio; it was ‘radiodiffusion’ as it was called at that time, when the equipment was used only to transmit Morse code on electro-magnetic waves.
In the early 20th century, telegraphists in the UK began experiencing ‘telegraphist's cramp ’, a condition thought to be caused by the rapid, repetitive movements required to send Morse code.
The message then turns up on the screen and it beats out automatically in Morse code on the light.
The signals could be sent as messages or as Morse code using a combination of long and short flashes of light by opening and closing the shutter.
Seems Will figured out that maybe Chip could use Morse code to communicate.
There was a sudden tap on the booth as Cassandra squeezed the phone, and she recognized it to be Morse code (since she obviously couldn't see or hear the guard).
Louis taps the receiver simultaneously in attempt to create Morse code.
The Air Force letter confirmed that the recording contained only identifiable Morse code which came from a known US-licensed radio station.
Today, when we think of telegraphs we think of electric telegraphs, we think of wires and Morse code and dots and dashes and telegrams and that sort of thing.
The first telegraph messages from overseas were received in Morse code in this building on 22 October 1872 via the Overland Telegraph Line.
The sender would tap out messages in Morse code, which would be transmitted down the telegraph wire to a human decoder translating them back into ordinary characters.
The miners were tapping in Morse code, ‘Is there any hope?’
He learnt Morse code, obtained a licence to transmit radio signals, and started to use a radio transmitter which he had built himself.
They're able to contact the home base at the bottom of the mountain via Morse code, where Annie's brother Peter hears their plea for help.
‘Luckily we had an Army signals operator with us, so we sent the girls a message in Morse code with a torch to tell them to stay where they were,’ Mr Farrow said.
verbmɔːs
[with object]
Signal (something) using Morse code.
用莫尔斯电码发送
he started Morsing instructions to the other pilot
Example sentencesExamples
Using any key, you can Morse a message; the program is the 'receiver' and prints what it 'hears'.
Origin
Mid 19th century: named after Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), American inventor.