| 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). < | 
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