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单词 hotline
释义

hotline

noun

hot·​line ˈhät-ˌlīn How to pronounce hotline (audio)
variants or less commonly hot line
plural hotlines also hot lines
1
: a usually toll-free telephone service available to the public or to a group of people for some specific purpose
a suicide prevention hotline
His take reached a total of more than $10,000, but the scam was undone when an alert co-worker noticed it and phoned an employee-theft hotline to report it. David J. Solomon
2
: a direct telephone line in constant operational readiness so as to facilitate immediate communication
John Sullivan told the independent news outlet Novaya Gazeta that an emergency hotline between Washington and Moscow, set up in the Cold War … , was still in existence. Reuters.com
When the Milwaukee Bucks made the emotional decision not to take the court for Game 5 of the playoffs, there was a hotline between the locker room and the NBPA [National Basketball Players Association], with [NBPA head Michele] Roberts counselling the players on the other end of that line. Don Riddell

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Over the last five years, the Alaska hotline has received between 20,000 and 25,000 calls per year, Van Kirk said. Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022 The hotline received a little over 1,600 calls total in 2021, with reports peaking twice in March and December. oregonlive, 1 July 2022 Twenty-nine hours into the citywide search for the man who shot ten people on an express train in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, the N.Y.P.D. Crime Stoppers hotline received a tip, called in from a McDonald’s in the East Village. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022 For example, the hotline of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs received a record 35,000 calls between August 13 and 29. Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021 Anyone with information can call Operation Game Thief hotline at (800) 352-0700 regarding case #21-002114. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021 Coca-Cola's customer service hotline received over a thousand calls a day. Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 15 July 2021 Current beach closures and warnings can be found at sdbeachinfo.com or by calling the 24-hour hotline at (619) 338-2073. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 The Sojourner Family Peace Center in Milwaukee operates a 24-hour confidential hotline at (414) 933-2722. Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

hotline

noun

hot·​line ˈhät-ˌlīn How to pronounce hotline (audio)
: a direct telephone line for getting help in an emergency

Medical Definition

hotline

noun

hot·​line
variants also hot line
ˈhät-ˌlīn How to pronounce hotline (audio)
: a usually toll-free telephone service available to the public for some specific purpose (as to receive advice or information about a particular subject or to talk confidentially about personal problems to a sympathetic listener)
a poison control hotline
suicide prevention hotlines
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