(trademark)a type of public address system (商标)坦诺伊(一种扩音器的商标名)
verb
[with obj.]transmit or announce over such a system 用扩音系统广播 the news was tannoyed one afternoon. 一天下午广播播出了这条新闻。 ■call for (someone) using a tannoy system 通过广播找(人)
语源
1920s: contraction of tantalum alloy, which is used as a rectifier in the system