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单词 phone
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phonenoun

uk/fəʊn/us/foʊn/

phone noun (PHONE)

A1 [ C or U ] formal telephone a device that uses either a system of wires along which electrical signals are sent or a system of radio signals to make it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has a similar device:

Just then, his phone rang.
Could you answer the phone?
We speak on the/by phone about twice a week.
You had three phone calls this morning.
If the phone lines are busy, please try again later.
Could you pick the phone up for me - my hands are wet.
I left the phone off the hook, so it wouldn't ring.
I was so angry I just put/slammed the phone down (on her) (= replaced it before our conversation was finished).
be on the phone

to be using the phone:

That son of mine is on the phone all day!

UK to have a landline in the home:

Are the Middletons on the phone at their cottage, do you know?

More examples

  • Just as I was sitting down to watch TV, the phone rang.
  • Every time I ring her, the phone is engaged.
  • We've spoken on the phone but never face-to-face.
  • After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.
  • "There's someone on the phone for you." "What do they want?"

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Communications - telephone equipment

  • Ansaphone
  • answerphone
  • brick
  • cardphone
  • cell
  • cell phone
  • cradle
  • ext
  • extension
  • GPRS
  • hands-free
  • handset
  • kiosk
  • landline
  • linesman
  • phone card
  • speed dial
  • telephone
  • telephone exchange
  • videophone

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Communications - by telephone

phone noun (PHONETIC UNIT)

[ C ] specialized phonetics a unit of sound at the phonetic level, used when studying speech

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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics

  • alveolar
  • approximant
  • articulatory
  • assimilation
  • clear l
  • clipped
  • consonant
  • inflection
  • nasalization
  • onomatopoeia
  • palatal
  • palato-alveolar
  • pharyngeal
  • phoneme
  • pronounce
  • silent letter
  • velum
  • voiced
  • vowel
  • weak form

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phoneverb [ I or T ]

uk/fəʊn/us/foʊn/

A1 to communicate with someone by phone:

She phoned just after lunch.
He's phoned me (up) every day this week.

More examples

  • Hadn't you better phone home? Your parents will be wondering where you are.
  • He said he'd phone back first thing tomorrow.
  • I tried to phone her but couldn't get through.
  • The shop phoned to say your order has come in.
  • Who could be phoning us at this unearthly hour?

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Communications - by telephone

  • aeroplane mode
  • airplane mode
  • alarm call
  • bell
  • break
  • break up
  • call sb up
  • cold-calling
  • conference call
  • connection
  • give sb a buzz idiom
  • hash
  • hold
  • put sb through
  • put sth down 1
  • ring
  • telecommuting
  • tinkle
  • top-up card
  • transfer

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Communicating & keeping in touch

Phrasal verb(s)

phone in
phone sth in
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