| 单词 | ringing tone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasringing tone ringing tone n. Telephony the sound produced in a caller's telephone to indicate that a connection with the number dialled has been made and the called phone is ringing. 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 1922 V. Karapetoff Exper. Electr. Engin. (ed. 3) I. xxix. 773 During the period of ringing on the calling cord, the subscriber on the answering cord is receiving a ringing tone which indicates to him that the operator is ringing his party. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. v. 80 He dialled the number... He was almost afraid to hear the ringing tone. 2000 Times 17 Nov. 5/1 The most popular ringing tone was, not surprisingly, the traditional ring-ring, free from the piercing notes of the more annoying notes. < as lemmas |
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