英语词汇“telephone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	telephone
释义	Trends of telephone View usage for: telephone (telɪfoʊn) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense telephones, present participle telephoning, past tense, past participle telephoned 1. uncountable noun The telephone is the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it. They usually exchanged messages by telephone. I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be. She was wanted on the telephone. Synonyms: phone, blower [informal], mobile, mobile phone or (informal) moby, cellphone or cellular phone [US] More Synonyms of telephone 2. countable noun A telephone is the piece of equipment that you use when you talk to someone by telephone. He got up and answered the telephone. The telephone in Rizzoli's room rang. 3. verb If you telephone someone, you dial their telephone number and speak to them by telephone. I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry. [VERB noun] They usually telephone first to see if she is at home. [VERB] Synonyms: call, phone, ring [mainly British], buzz [informal] More Synonyms of telephone 4. See on the telephone 5. See on the telephone telephone in British English (ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn) noun 1. a. an electrical device for transmitting speech to a distant person b. (as modifier) a telephone receiver 2. a. a worldwide system of communications using telephones. The microphone in one telephone converts sound waves into electrical signals that are transmitted along a telephone wire or by radio to one or more distant sets, the receivers of which reconvert the incoming signal into the original sound b. (as modifier) a telephone exchange a telephone call 3. telephone box verb 4. to call or talk to (a person) by telephone 5. to transmit (a recorded message, radio or television programme, or other information) by telephone, using special transmitting and receiving equipment Often shortened to: phone Derived forms telephoner (ˈteleˌphoner) noun telephonic (ˌtɛlɪˈfɒnɪk) adjective telephonically (ˌteleˈphonically) adverb telephone in American English (ˈtɛləˌfoʊn) noun 1. US a system for transmitting speech or computerized information over distances, usually by converting sounds into electric impulses that are sent through a network of wires and cables: some systems transmit by means of radio waves 2. any device having a transmitter, receiver, and dialing mechanism, used in a telephone system verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈteleˌphoned or ˈteleˌphoning US 3. to talk over a telephone; convey a message by telephone 4. to try to make a connection by dialing a telephone number verb transitive 5. to convey (a message) by telephone 6. to speak to or reach (a person) by telephone; call Derived forms telephoner (ˈteleˌphoner) noun telephonic (ˌteleˈphonic) (ˌtɛləˈfɑnɪk) adjective telephonically (ˌteleˈphonically) adverb Word origin tele- + -phone: term adopted by Bell (1876) after use for other sound instruments telephone in Hospitality (tɛlɪfoʊn) Word forms: (regular plural) telephones noun (Hospitality (hotel): Hotel room, bedroom) The telephone is piece of equipment that you use to talk directly to someone else in a differentplace. You use the telephone by dialing a number on it and speaking into it. COLLOCATIONS: answer the ~~ call Hotels set their own charges for telephone calls from guests' rooms. Hotels set their own charges for calls made from the telephones in the rooms. Contact reception by dialing 8 on your room telephone. Image of telephone © F. JIMENEZ MECA, shutterstock Examples of 'telephone' in a sentence telephone The telephone numbers of councillors are plastered on the window. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Please make sure to include a daytime telephone number. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We waited away from the airport until he telephoned to say he was at the luggage carousel. The Sun (2016) She was also snapped exposing her toned midriff while taking a telephone call. The Sun (2017) Please include a full address and daytime telephone number. Times, Sunday Times (2017) They like to sit and sing conspicuously on a telephone wire or the top of a hedgerow tree. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She told him in a series of emails and telephone calls that she had cancer and that it had spread. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Indeed, my enemies could fit in a red telephone box. The Sun (2016) The minute that phones provided us with speed dialling, having to memorise telephone numbers melted away. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She said that she credited much use of the telephone to the survival of her marriage. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They sometimes sit in long lines on telephone wires. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Sometimes just being in a darkened room with your telephone switched off is a tonic. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The couple had kept in touch through emails and telephone calls. The Sun (2007) This procedure works admirably when it comes to your telephone bill. Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001) The internet and mobile telephone systems went down. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Please include your address and daytime telephone number. Times, Sunday Times (2007) You will be asked to input your home telephone number and postcode. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Her father had telephoned to say he would be taking her on a long vacation. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Lucky were the nights that you could reach her directly on the telephone. Times, Sunday Times (2006) She was reduced to working for a telephone answering service. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It was particularly noticeable on telephone messages. Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995) The pair are thought to have talked by telephone. The Sun (2015) Then one morning the telephone wires are bare. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Luck smiles in a room full of telephones. The Sun (2013) Set aside a period of the day for making telephone calls and another for writing letters. Harris, Jean Everything You Need to Know for Success in Business (1990) This is as true in the area of telephone bills as elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He loathed telephone queueing systems because sometimes he was not fast enough to press the correct option. Times, Sunday Times (2008) She also noticed how he carried an array of mobile telephones and used fake names in conversations with his contacts. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The most difficult and expensive item to acquire was a headset: these were often stolen from public telephone boxes. Gavin Weightman SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003) In a situation like this we are in constant close radio and telephone contact with the police in the Republic. Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989) Locked in a telephone box. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The telephone receiver was off the hook and BT was able to open the line to the house. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Quotations The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apartMason CooleyCity Aphorisms The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its ownVirginia WoolfThe Common Reader telephone: an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distanceAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary In other languages telephone British English: telephone /ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn/ NOUN system The telephone is an electrical system used to talk to someone in another place by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it. She wanted to speak to him on the telephone. American English: telephone Arabic: هَاتِف Brazilian Portuguese: telefone Chinese: 电话 Croatian: telefon Czech: telefon Danish: telefon Dutch: telefoon European Spanish: teléfono Finnish: puhelin French: téléphone German: Telefon Greek: τηλέφωνο Italian: telefono Japanese: 電話 Korean: 전화 Norwegian: telefon Polish: telefon European Portuguese: telefone Romanian: telefon Russian: телефон Latin American Spanish: teléfono Swedish: telefon Thai: โทรศัพท์ Turkish: telefon Ukrainian: телефон Vietnamese: điện thoại British English: telephone VERB If you telephone someone, you dial their telephone number and speak to them by telephone. I felt so badly I had to telephone him to say I was sorry. She had telephoned and wanted to speak to him urgently. American English: telephone Brazilian Portuguese: telefonar Chinese: 打电话给某人 European Spanish: llamar por teléfono French: téléphoner à German: anrufen Italian: telefonare a Japanese: 電話をかける Korean: 전화를 걸다 European Portuguese: telefonar Latin American Spanish: llamar por teléfono British English: telephone NOUN equipment A telephone is the piece of equipment that you use when you talk to someone by telephone. He got up and answered the telephone. American English: telephone Brazilian Portuguese: telefone Chinese: 电话 European Spanish: teléfono French: téléphone German: Telefon Italian: telefono Japanese: 電話 Korean: 전화 European Portuguese: telefone Latin American Spanish: teléfono All related terms of 'telephone' telephone box A telephone box is a small shelter in the street in which there commonly used to be a public telephone. telephone set an electrical device for transmitting speech to a distant person telephone sex sexual activity carried out verbally by telephone radio telephone A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars . telephone book The telephone book is a book that contains an alphabetical list of the names , addresses , and telephone numbers of the people in a particular area. telephone booth A telephone booth is a place in a public building where there is a telephone that can be used by the public. telephone call a conversation or a request for a connection by telephone telephone kiosk → another name for telephone box telephone line a telephone connection telephone pole A telephone pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system. telephone sales the selling or attempted selling of a particular commodity or service by a salesperson who makes his or her initial approach by telephone telephone wire a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals cellular telephone a mobile phone cordless telephone a portable battery-powered telephone with a short-range radio link to a fixed base unit French telephone a telephone apparatus consisting of an often ornate boxlike base having a pronged cradle holding the handset containing a microphone and speaker at either end telephone banking a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions , account movements, raising loans , etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit telephone exchange A telephone exchange is a building where connections are made between telephone lines. telephone message a message that is transmitted by telephone telephone number Your telephone number is the number that other people dial when they want to talk to you on the telephone. telephone numbers extremely large numbers , esp in reference to salaries or prices telephone operator US → another name for telephonist telephone receiver a device, as in a telephone , that converts changes in an electric current into sound telephone selling the selling or attempted selling of a particular commodity or service by a salesperson who makes his or her initial approach by telephone telephone service a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service telephone tapping to make a connection to a telegraph or telephone wire in order to obtain information secretly wireless telephone a telephone operating by radio-transmitted signals emergency telephone a public telephone intended for use in emergencies : for example, at the side of a motorway on the telephone If you are on the telephone , you are speaking to someone by telephone. satellite telephone a type of mobile phone that connects to orbiting artificial satellites rather than terrestrial cell sites telephone directory A telephone directory is the same as a → telephone book . telephone sex line a telephone line operated by a phone-sex worker that offers phone sex to paying customers telephone subscriber a person who subscribes to a telephone service follow-up telephone call a telephone call made as a follow-up to a letter, fax , meeting, etc telephone answering machine a device by means of which a telephone call is answered automatically and the caller enabled to leave a recorded message telegraph pole A telegraph pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system. cellular phone A cellular phone is the same as a → cellphone . call box A call box is the same as a → telephone box . utility pole one of a series of large, upright poles used to support telephone wires, electric cables , or the like excamb to exchange exchange If two or more people exchange things of a particular kind, they give them to each other at the same time. radiotelephone a device for communication by means of radio waves rather than by transmitting along wires or cables telephonist A telephonist is someone who works at a telephone exchange or whose job is to answer the telephone for a business or other organization. Chinese translation of 'telephone' telephone (ˈtɛlɪfəun) n (u) (= system) 电(電)话(話) (diànhuà) (c) (= piece of equipment) 电(電)话(話) (diànhuà) (部, bù) vt, vi (给 ... )打电(電)话(話) ((gěi ... dǎ diànhuà) to be on the telephone (talking) 正在打电(電)话(話) (zhèng zài dǎ diànhuà) (Brit, = connected to phone system) 装(裝)电(電)话(話) (zhuāng diànhuà) All related terms of 'telephone' telephone book 电(電)话(話)簿 diànhuàbù [ 个(個) gè ] telephone box 电(電)话(話)亭 diànhuàtíng [ 个(個) gè ] [ 美 = phone booth ] telephone call 电(電)话(話) diànhuà [ 个(個) gè ] telephone number 电(電)话(話)号(號)码(碼) diànhuà hàomǎ [ 个(個) gè ] she's on the telephone ( engaged ) 她正在打电(電)话(話) tā zhèngzài dǎ diànhuà to be on the telephone ( talking ) 正在打电(電)话(話) zhèng zài dǎ diànhuà to make a telephone call 打电(電)话(話) dǎ diànhuà a present/telephone call/letter from sb 来(來)自某人的礼(禮)物/电(電)话(話)/信 láizì mǒurén de lǐwù/diànhuà/xìn exchange ( gifts, addresses ) 交换(換) jiāohuàn tel. telephone number 电(電)话(話)号(號)码(碼) diànhuà hàomǎ directory telephone directory 电(電)话(話)号(號)码(碼)簿 diànhuà hàomǎbù [ 个(個) gè ] (noun) in the sense of phone Definition a piece of equipment for transmitting speech, consisting of a microphone and receiver mounted on a handset They usually exchanged messages by telephone. Synonyms phone I spoke to her on the phone only yesterday. blower (informal) mobile, mobile phone or (informal) moby cellphone or cellular phone (US) handset landline dog and bone (slang) iPhone (trademark) smartphone Blackberry camera phone picture phone (verb) in the sense of call Definition to call or talk to (a person) by telephone I had to telephone him to say I was sorry. Synonyms call Will you call me as soon as you hear anything? phone I got more and more angry as I waited for her to phone. ring mainly British) He rang me at my mother's. buzz (informal) She said she would buzz me later. dial call up give someone a call give someone a ring (informal, mainly British) give someone a buzz (informal) give someone a bell (British, slang) put a call through to give someone a tinkle (British, informal) get on the blower to (informal) Quotations The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart [Mason Cooley – City Aphorisms]The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own [Virginia Woolf – The Common Reader]telephone: an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance [Ambrose Bierce – The Devil's Dictionary] Additional synonyms in the sense of buzz She said she would buzz me later. Synonyms phone, call, telephone, ring (up) (informal, British), give someone a call, give someone a ring (informal, British), give someone a buzz (informal), give someone a bell (British, slang), give someone a tinkle (British, informal), get on the blower to (informal) in the sense of ring Definition to call (a person) by telephone He rang me at my mother's. Synonyms phone, call, telephone, buzz (informal, British), give someone a call, get on the phone to, give someone a bell (informal), give someone a tinkle (informal), reach Synonyms of 'telephone' telephone Explore 'telephone' in the dictionary
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