单词 | page |
释义 | page 1. Of uncertain origin, but likely from the Greek paidion, a diminutive of pais, and meaning little boy or slave boy.To find, notify, or summon someone by using a loudspeaker system or radio system comprising a base station and small terminals known as pagers or beepers. Such systems have largely replaced human pages, who were young, uniformed attendants who performed tasks such as running errands and carrying messages in a hotel or legislature. Historically, pages were apprenticed to knights as an initial phase of their training for the knighthood. See also pager and paging system. 2. From the Latin pagina, meaning fastened together and referring to strips of papyrus fastened together, as in a book. See home page. |
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