The greater thread has gone."
The Chief Commissioner understood. The silence which followed was broken by the loud and insistent ringing of the telephone bell. "Hullo," said Mansus rising quickly; "that's Kara's bell"
With two quick strides he was at the telephone and lifted down the receiver. "Hullo," he cried. "Hullo," he cried again. There was no reply, only the continuous buzzing, and when he hung up the receiver again, the bell continued ringing. The three policemen looked at one another. "There's trouble there," said Mansus.英文原著 · 《The Clue of the Twisted Candle》
But Jadwin had heard in the receiver the rattle and click as of a tiny door closing. The receiver was silent and dead; and he knew that his wife, disappointed and angry, had "hung up" without saying good-by.英文原著 · 《The Pit》
"For resistance I could fear none, But with twenty ships had done What thou, brave and happy Vernon Hast achieved with six alone. Then the Bastimentos never Had our foul dishonour seen; Nor the sea the sad receiver Of this gallant train had been.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
If you touch the receiver they will know at the exchange that the house is not empty, and I wouldn't put it past the colonel to have told them exactly how long he was going to be away. He's pretty particular: look at the strips of paper to keep the dust off his precious books!"英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
But his voice had grown fainter and wearier with every answer, and now there was no answer at all. Again and again I asked Raffles if he was there; the only sound to reach me in reply was the low metallic hum of the live wire between his ear and mine. And then, as I sat gazing distractedly at my four safe walls, with the receiver still pressed to my head, there came a single groan, followed by the dull and dreadful crash of a human body falling in a heap.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
"They may," said Raffles. "I see that I managed to replace the receiver all. right. But still - they may."英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
And, uh, then I tried to find a pay phone, and the receiver was cut off.美剧 · 《Friends》
"When I think of the love that these two givers and receivers share...美剧 · 《Friends》
ANNOUNCER * [ON TV]: Four wide receivers. On third and 18.美剧 · 《Friends》