phone
柯林斯词典
1. N-SING The phone is an electrical system that you use to talk to someone else in another place, by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it. 電話[usu 'the' N, also 'by' N]
"I didn't tell you over the phone," she said. "I didn't know who might be listening."
“我沒有在電話裡告訴你，”她說。“我不知道誰會在聽。”
She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone. 她盼望著和她女兒通電話交談。
2. N-COUNT The phone is the piece of equipment that you use when you dial someone's phone number and talk to them. 電話機
Two minutes later the phone rang. 兩分鍾後，電話鈴響了。
3. →see also cellular phone
4. N-SING If you say that someone picks up or puts down the phone, you mean that they lift or replace the receiver. 電話聽筒
She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice's number. 她拿起電話聽筒，開始撥莫裡斯的號碼。
5. V-T/V-I When you phone someone, you dial their phone number and speak to them by phone. 給…打電話
He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better. 他給勞拉打電話，看她是不是好些了。
6. N a single uncomplicated speech sound 單音; 音素; 音子[phonetics]
7. PHRASE If you say that someone is on the phone, you mean that they are speaking to someone by phone. 在打電話
She's always on the phone, wanting to know what I've been up to. 她縂是打電話，想知道我忙了些什麽。
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phone /fəʊn/ (phoning,phoned,phones)
剑桥词典
- Just as I was sitting down to watch TV, the phone rang .
- Every time I ring her, the phone is engaged .
- We've spoken on the phone but never face-to-face .
- After he was attacked , he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help .
- "There's someone on the phone for you." "What do they want ?"
phone noun (PHONE)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] (formal telephone)a device that uses either a system of wires along which electrical signals are sent or a system of radio signals to make it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has a similar device
電話
Just then, his phone rang . 就在那時，他的電話響了。
Could you answer the phone? 你能接一下電話嗎？
We speak on the/by phone about twice a week . 我們一周大約通兩次電話。
You had three phone calls this morning . 今天早上有3個電話找你。
If the phone lines are busy , please try again later . 如果電話佔線，請過會兒再打。
Could you pick the phone up for me - my hands are wet . 你能幫我把電話聽筒拿起來嗎——我的手是溼的。
I left the phone off the hook , so it wouldn't ring . 我沒有掛上電話聽筒，所以不會響。
I was so angry I just put/slammed the phone down (on her) (= replaced it before our conversation was finished ). 我很生氣，就把（她的）電話掛斷了。
be on the phone
to be using the phone
在通電話
That son of mine is on the phone all day ! 我的那個兒子一整天都在打電話！
UK
to have a landline in the home
家裡裝有電話
Are the Middletons on the phone at their cottage , do you know ? 米德爾頓家的鄕間別墅裡裝沒裝電話，你知道嗎？
例句
phone noun (PHONETIC UNIT)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] phonetics specializeda unit of sound at the phonetic level , used when studying speech
音子，音素 返回 phone