transistor radio
A radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valvesA (typically small and portable) radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.
» I have to change the battery of my transistor radio.
Ich muss die Batterie meines Transistorradios wechseln.
Мне надо заменить батарейку в моём транзисторном радиоприёмнике.
Meaning
1 senses(dated)A (typically small and portable) radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.
Transistorradio
транзи́сторный радиоприёмникtranzístornyj radioprijómnik, транзи́сторtranzístor
Examples
3 sentencesI have to change the battery of my transistor radio.
ruМне надо заменить батарейку в моём транзисторном радиоприёмнике. — odexed
deIch muss die Batterie meines Transistorradios wechseln. — kolonjano
We had an old transistor radio with a wire coat hanger for an aerial.
deWir hatten ein altes Transistorradio mit einer Drahtkleiderbügelantenne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
When I was young, the hippest thing a kid could own was a transistor radio.
Translations
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