单词 | to dial up |
释义 | > as lemmasto dial up to dial up 1. a. transitive. To call (a person, place, etc.) by using a telephone; to enter (a telephone number) on a dial; to call (a telephone number). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] telephone1877 call1879 ring1880 to call up1882 phone1889 to give a ring1895 buzz1914 to give (a person) a tinkle1921 to dial up1924 1924 Jrnl. Western Soc. Engineers 29 47 The ticket is passed to the toll line operator, who dials up a connection through the intermediate toll office, on to the distant city, and directly to the line of the called subscriber. 1956 Pop. Sci. Nov. 265/2 (advt.) Amazing dial telephone switch. Complete with dial. Dial up any number from 1 to 99. 1977 Times 26 May 17/4 Dialling-up the appropriate number and viewing the information on the television screen. 1978 Rodale's Synonym Finder (rev. ed.) 456/1 Telephone, Inf. phone, call, Chiefly Brit. ring or ring up, dial or dial up. 1984 Listener 15 Nov. 38/2 Dial up directory inquiries and you find that whereas local inquiries are free, you are charged for those in other telephone areas. 1997 Weekly World News 24 June 15/3 Laura didn't answer, so I dialed up her parents on their other line. 2005 P. Doran Reluctant Tuscan vii. 61 I dialled up my sister, Debbie, who still lived in the town we grew up in. b. (a) transitive. To gain access to (a computer, network, etc.) over a telephone line by the use of a modem. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > network > [verb (transitive)] > connect > by phone to dial up1967 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > dial > transmit data over telephone line by to dial up1967 1967 Times 15 Sept. (Computers Special Surv.) p. xi/2 The computer has been dialled-up on a telephone. 1977 Times 30 Sept. 23/3 A much larger range of information..will be available for transmission when dialled up (via a calculator-like keypad—not the telephone dial—to be precise). 1986 Guardian 15 May 15/2 You just dial up Easynet, like any other telephone service, and enter a password. You're then offered a menu of choices or subjects on which to search. 2009 Independent 9 Dec. (Life section) 8/2 The smiley and all its variants have irked me from the day I first dialled up Usenet nearly 17 years ago. (b) intransitive in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > network > [verb (intransitive)] > connect > by phone to dial up1981 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate by telephone [verb (intransitive)] > dial > transmit data over telephone line by to dial up1981 1981 Computerworld 9 Feb. 18/3 Formerly, anyone with a password could log on from the RJE station or by dialing up from a modem. 1985 Inmac Catal. Spring 83/2 You can dial-up using the single stored number, or direct from your keyboard. 1993 Macworld Dec. 188/2 GeoAssist..will let Newtons dial up to find business names, addresses, and phone numbers by locale or keyword. 2002 Times 5 Apr. 13/2 (advt.) The agonising wait when dialling up to the internet has been made well and truly redundant. 2. transitive. To adjust the dial or control of (a device) so as to increase the level of sound, temperature, etc., produced; to increase the (volume, temperature, etc.) in this way; (now also figurative) to increase the intensity, degree, etc., of. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. to dial down at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1940 Adventure July 74/2 We can run the car right up close to the windows and by dialing up the radio volume, get our calls without going out-of -service. 1960 Washington Post 15 Aug. d7/7 (advt.) Lets you dial up..dial down, tailoring your hot water supply for normal, busy, peak days. 1989 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 7 May 1 a From the beginning of the week, police seemed to be dialing up the pressure on whoever was responsible for the crime. 1993 M. Wolfe Hadj xiii. 189 I dialed up the air conditioner and stretched out on the bed to read more Burckhardt. 2011 L. G. Bolman & J. V. Gallos Reframing Acad. Leadership viii. 135 There are also times when leaders need to dial up the heat to get constituents to recognize the seriousness of a problem. < as lemmas |
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