| 释义 |
ex-diˈrectory, a.
[f. ex prep. + directory n.]
Denoting a telephone-number that is not listed in the directory at the request of the subscriber; also of a person who has such a number.
1936P.O. Teleph. Sales Bull. Mar. 41/2 It was possible..to allow the separate exchange lines for the house exchange system to be ex-directory... This..provides..an isolated example where ex-directory facilities may be used as a selling argument. 1963‘R. East’ Pin Men ii. 32 Virginia's home number was not ex-directory. 1964C. E. Maine Never let Up xv. 151 ‘He's ex-directory.’ ‘But you must know his number.’ 1966‘W. Haggard’ Power House xi. 116 He'd been woken..by a call on an ex-directory number. |