Cat whisker a fine metal thread resembling the arched shape of a cat's whisker used in early radio wave detecting crystal sets.

金属细线一种质地良好的金属线，类似于猫的胡须，呈拱形。早期应用于无线电波检测晶体装置。

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My mom is a cat whisker collector, I'm her sole supplier.

我妈妈是位猫须收藏家，我是她唯一的供应商。

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In keeping with the old time look, I went with a cat whisker detector for this old radio.

在保持与旧的时间看，我去了，与猫晶须探测器为这种旧收音机。

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To create the point-contact transistor, Shockley's team modified the cat's whisker by placing two fine metal wires close together on the surface of a germanium crystal, turning it from a diode into a triode.

ECONOMIST: The middle age of the transistor