| 单词 | dial tone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdial tone dial tone n. originally U.S. = dialling tone n. at dialling n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > signals or tones call signal1853 telephone call1878 tone1878 ring-off1885 busy tone1902 buzz1913 dialling tone1917 dial tone1920 ringtone1921 ringing tone1922 pip1929 pip-pip-pip1936 logatom1937 pay-tone1958 ringtone1984 1920 Telephony 1 May 17/2 The ‘dial tone’..indicates when the apparatus is ready to receive his call. 1923 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 2 ii. 62 The subscriber will first remove his receiver from the hook and will hear the so-called..‘dial tone’, which indicates that the apparatus is ready to receive the call. 1989 K. Green Night Angel v. 52 There was only silence followed by a soft click, the dial tone humming back on the line. 2001 Wired Dec. 51/2 September 11 call volume far exceeded that of telco's otherwise peak period—Mother's Day—leaving millions of anxious callers without a dial tone. < as lemmas |
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