1 (also handset) the part of a telephone that is used for listening and speaking 电话听筒 To answer or make a telephone call you pick up or lift the receiver. To end a telephone call you put down or replace the receiver or you hang up. 接或打电话时要拿起(pick up／lift)听筒。谈话完毕后要放下(put down／replace)听筒或挂断(hang up)。

2 a piece of television or radio equipment that changes electronic signals into sounds or pictures 接收机；电视机；收音机