| 释义 |
pay phone in American Englishpay station US a public telephone, usually coin-operated pay phone in American Englishnouna public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call Also called: pay station Word origin [1935–40 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, complementation, fluorocarbon, roadblock, unit trustExamples of 'pay phone' in a sentencepay phone |