- [countable]
a piece of equipment for talking to people who are not in the same place as you 電話: 一種用於與您不在同一個地方的人交談的設備I have to make a phone call. 我得打個電話。 The phone rang and Pat answered it. 電話響起,帕特接了。 Can someone answer the phone? 有人能接電話嗎? I hadn't got my phone with me. 我沒有帶手機。 Please switch off your phones before the show begins. 請在演出開始前關掉手機。 a phone conversation/interview 電話交談/采訪 Here is our list of top new phone apps. 這是我們的頂級新手機應用列表。
British/American phone / call / ringphone / call / ringverbs- In British English, to phone, to ring and to call are the usual ways of saying to telephone. In North American English the most common word is call, but phone is also used. Speakers of North American English do not say ring. Telephone is very formal and is used mainly in British English.
Nouns 名詞 - You can use call or phone call (more formal) in both British English and North American English:
Were there any phone calls for me? 有我的電話嗎? How do I make a local call? 本地電話怎麽打?
習語 give sb a call 亦常用: I’ll give you a call tonight. 我今晚會給你打電話。
I’ll give you a ring tonight. 我今晚會給你打電話。
Extra ExamplesCan you get the phone? 你能接一下電話嗎? He was called to the phone just as he was leaving. 正當他要離開時,有人給他打電話。 His phone is almost permanently engaged. 他的電話幾乎總是佔線。 I turned on my phone. 我開啓了電話。 I've lost my phone charger. 我的手機充電器丢失了。 If the phone rings, don't answer it. 如果電話鈴響,不要接。 The phone suddenly went dead in the middle of our conversation. 我們正談着話,電話突然斷了。 The phone was busy when I called. 我打電話時是忙音。 The phone was ringing off the hook. 電話鈴一直響個不停。 a £30 fine if caught holding a phone while driving 開車時打電話被抓到要被罰款 30 英鎊 the modern business of selling phone handsets 銷售電話聽筒的現代企業 His phone must be switched off. 他的電話一定是關機了。 He unplugged the phone as he didn't want to be disturbed. 他拔掉了電話,因爲他不想被打擾。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cell
- cellular
- mobile
- …
- be on
- use
- call (somebody on)
- …
- go
- go off
- ring
- …
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by phone
- on the phone
- over the phone
- …
- [uncountable, singular]
the system for talking to somebody else using a phone 電話;電話系統;電話機 - by phone
They like to do business by phone. 他們喜歡通過電話做生意。 - on the phone
I talk to my family on the phone. 我和家人在電話上聊天。 - over the phone
I can't talk about this over the phone. 我不能在電話裏談這個。 a phone bill 電話費單 They want to put up a new phone mast next to the school. 他們想在學校旁邊安裝一個新的電話杆。 Most people only need one phone line. 大多數人只需要一條電話線。
Express Yourself Leaving a phone messageLeaving a phone message 電話留言 If you phone someone who is not able to take your call, you may need to leave a message: 給人打電話對方不能接時,需要留言可以這麽說: Could I speak to Jay Black, please? 請讓傑伊 · 布萊克接電話好嗎?
Could you give him a message? 你幫我給他留個言好嗎?
Is there a time that might be good for me to try him again? 我什麽時間再給他打電話比較方便?
Can you let him know I’ll call back? 請告訴他我會再打電話來好嗎?
Could you ask him to call me back? My number is… 請讓他給我回電話好嗎?我的號碼是…
Extra ExamplesI haven't seen her but we spoke over the phone. 我還未見她,但是我們通過話。 I think our phone is being tapped. 我認爲有人竊聽我們的電話。 The modem links the computer to a phone line. 調制解調器將計算機與電話線相連。 The search of the phone records yielded nothing. 搜索電話記錄一無所獲。 We keep in contact by phone but we rarely see each other. 我們通過電話保持聯系,但很少見面。 We spoke on the phone the other day. 我們幾天前還通過電話。 Phone lines in the city had been cut. 這個城市的電話線被切斷了。 The toll-free phone line is open from 8 : 30 a.m. to 6 : 30 p.m. 免費電話從早上8 : 30開始開通。到下午6 : 30。
- by phone
- [countable]
the part of a landline phone that you hold in your hand and speak into 電話聽筒;電話 to pick up the phone 拿起電話 to put the phone down 放下電話 to take the phone off the hook (= so that no one can call) 不把電話聽筒挂上
Collocations Phonessee also telephonePhones 電話 Making and receiving phone calls 打/接電話 - the phone/telephone rings
電話鈴響了 - answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone
接/挂電話 - lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver
拿起/拿着/放回聽筒 - dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
- call somebody/talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office
給某人打電話;從家裏/工作地點/辦公室給某人打電話 - make/get/receive a phone call
打/接電話 - take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)
摘下電話聽筒 - the line is (British English) engaged/ (especially North American English) busy
- the phones have been (North American English) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
- put somebody through/get through to the person you want to speak to
給某人接通另一人的電話;打通電話 - put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)
讓某人不要挂上電話(以便等想找的人接電話) - call from/use a landline
用座機打電話
Mobile/cell phones 手機 - be/talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell
用手機講電話 - use/answer/call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
使用/接聽/撥打某人的手機;用手機接收信息 - switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
開啓/關閉手機 - charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
給手機充電 - a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
- (British English) top up your mobile/cell (phone)
- send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax
發送/接收信息/短信/傳真 - insert/remove/change a SIM card
插入/取出/更換 SIM 卡
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the interneta1I couldn't get through because you'd left the phone off the hook. 因爲你沒有把電話挂好,所以我打不進去。 I grabbed the phone and called Josie's number. 我抓起電話撥了喬茜的號碼。 I hung up the phone when he started shouting at me. 他開始沖我大喊大叫,我就把電話挂斷了。 I picked up the phone receiver and pressed it to my ear. 我拿起電話聽筒貼到耳朵邊。 She cradled the phone between her ear and shoulder. 她把電話夾在肩膀和耳朵之間。 She slammed the phone down in a rage. 她盛怒之下砰的一聲挂斷電話。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cell
- cellular
- mobile
- …
- be on
- use
- call (somebody on)
- …
- go
- go off
- ring
- …
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by phone
- on the phone
- over the phone
- …
- -phone
(in nouns )構成名詞 an instrument that uses or makes sound (發聲或使用聲音的)工具,儀器 dictaphone 口述錄音機 xylophone 木琴
- -phone
(in adjectives and nouns )構成形容詞和名詞 speaking a particular language; a person who does this 說某種語言的;講某種語言的人 anglophone 講英語的(人) francophone 講法語的(人)
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phonetics )語音學 a sound made in speech, especially when not considered as part of the sound system of a particular language compare phoneme音子;音素
Word Originnoun sense 5 mid 19th cent.: from Greek phōnē ‘sound, voice’.
Idioms
be on the phone
to be using the phone 在打電話 He's been on the phone to Kate for more than an hour. 他給凱特打電話講了一個多小時了。 She's on the phone at the moment. 她現在正在打電話。
- (British English)
to have a phone in your home or place of work Topics Phones, email and the internetc2(在家中或工作單位)有電話,安了電話