| 单词 | pay-tone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspay-tone pay-tone n. a tone heard on the line of a payphone when payment is due. 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 1958 New Scientist 4 Dec. 1424/3 The control equipment is located at the exchange and connects a distinctive tone—the ‘pay-tone’—when the called subscriber answers. 1991 S. Gallagher Chimera (BNC) 180 As he started to speak he heard the line go momentarily dead and then break into a callbox paytone. 2001 U. D. Black Internet Telephony ii. 28 Pay tone: Indicates the payphone user is to deposit additional coins to continue the service. < as lemmas |
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