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. 电话[usu 'the' N, also 'by' N]
"I didn't tell you over the phone," she said. "I didn't know who might be listening."
“我没有在电话里告诉你，”她说。“我不知道谁会在听。”
She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone. 她盼望着和她女儿通电话交谈。
2. N-COUNT The phone is the piece of equipment that you use when you dial someone's phone number and talk to them. 电话机
Two minutes later the phone rang. 两分钟后，电话铃响了。
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. 电话听筒
She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice's number. 她拿起电话听筒，开始拨莫里斯的号码。
5. V-T/V-I When you phone someone, you dial their phone number and speak to them by phone. 给…打电话
He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better. 他给劳拉打电话，看她是不是好些了。
6. N a single uncomplicated speech sound 单音; 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. 在打电话
She's always on the phone, wanting to know what I've been up to. 她总是打电话，想知道我忙了些什么。
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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)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] (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
电话
Just then, his phone rang . 就在那时，他的电话响了。
Could you answer the phone? 你能接一下电话吗？
We speak on the/by phone about twice a week . 我们一周大约通两次电话。
You had three phone calls this morning . 今天早上有3个电话找你。
If the phone lines are busy , please try again later . 如果电话占线，请过会儿再打。
Could you pick the phone up for me - my hands are wet . 你能帮我把电话听筒拿起来吗——我的手是湿的。
I left the phone off the hook , so it wouldn't ring . 我没有挂上电话听筒，所以不会响。
I was so angry I just put/slammed the phone down (on her) (= replaced it before our conversation was finished ). 我很生气，就把（她的）电话挂断了。
be on the phone
to be using the phone
在通电话
That son of mine is on the phone all day ! 我的那个儿子一整天都在打电话！
UK
to have a landline in the home
家里装有电话
Are the Middletons on the phone at their cottage , do you know ? 米德尔顿家的乡间别墅里装没装电话，你知道吗？
例句
phone noun (PHONETIC UNIT)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ] phonetics specializeda unit of sound at the phonetic level , used when studying speech
音子，音素 返回 phone