English Dictionary

harmonica bug

名詞

An electronic eavesdropping device (bug) that attaches to a landline telephone and is activated or deactivated by a specific tone. When activated, it prevents the telephone from ringing but activates its microphone to transmit to another telephone at a remote location.

日本語の意味

固定電話に装着し、特定の音で作動・停止され、着信を抑止しつつ内蔵マイクで音声を遠隔地へ送信する電子式盗聴装置

Detectives discovered a harmonica bug on the victim's landline that could be activated by a specific tone to silence the ringer while transmitting conversations to a remote telephone.

捜査官は被害者の固定電話に取り付けられ、特定のトーンで作動して着信を止める一方でマイクを有効にして会話を遠隔の電話に送信するトーン起動型の盗聴装置を発見した。

意味（1）

An electronic eavesdropping device (bug) that attaches to a landline telephone and is activated or deactivated by a specific tone. When activated, it prevents the telephone from ringing but activates its microphone to transmit to another telephone at a remote location.

The most interesting device for tapping a telephone, though, is still the old reliable “harmonica bug,” which was invented in the early sixties by an electronics wizard from Lower Manhattan, Emanuel Mittleman.

harmonica bugs （ plural ）