单词 | long-distance |
释义 | long-distancev. Chiefly U.S. transitive. To make a long-distance telephone call to (a person); to report by means of such a call. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > by specific service long-distance1919 videophone1945 freephone1988 1919 W. H. McMasters Revolt xviii. 164 He couldn't fight things that were not. So he long-distanced the chief. There was nothing else for him to do. 1945 Time 6 Aug. 79/1 Henry J. Kaiser last week long-distanced an old friend. 1950 Newsweek 30 Oct. 61 A UP staffer simply copied the story as it came in, went to an open phone, and long-distanced it to UP in San Francisco in a few seconds. 1965 ‘E. Lacy’ Double Trouble viii. 79 My own family is down in the Bahamas, and I long-distanced them. 2010 R. Hofler Party Animals viii. 54 He long-distanced them to say, ‘Don't worry. The show is over at 4:45 and I'll be home around 7 tonight.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1919 |
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