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单词 telephone
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tel•e•phone /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/USA pronunciation   n., v., -phoned, -phon•ing. 
n. 
  1. TelecommunicationsAlso called phone. a device, system, or process for sending sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device: [countable]There were no telephones on the highway.[uncountable* often: by + ~]See if we can reach him by telephone.

v. 
  1. Telecommunicationsto send (a message) by telephone to (someone);
    phone: [+ object]They telephoned her with the news.[+ object + object]They telephoned her the message.[+ that clause]She telephoned that there had been an accident.[no object]They telephoned ahead with the news.
tel•e•phon•er, n. [countable]See -phon-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tel•e•phone  (telə fōn′),USA pronunciation n., v., -phoned, -phon•ing. 
n. 
  1. Telecommunicationsan apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device.

v.t. 
  1. Telecommunicationsto speak to or summon (a person) by telephone.
  2. Telecommunicationsto send (a message) by telephone.

v.i. 
  1. Telecommunicationsto send a message by telephone.
Also, phone. 
  • tele-1 + -phone 1825–35
tele•phon′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
telephone /ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn/ n
  1. Also called: telephone set an electrical device for transmitting speech, consisting of a microphone and receiver mounted on a handset
  2. 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
  3. (as modifier): a telephone exchange, a telephone call
vb
  1. to call or talk to (a person) by telephone
  2. to transmit (a recorded message, radio or television programme, or other information) by telephone, using special transmitting and receiving equipment

ˈteleˌphoner n telephonic /ˌtɛlɪˈfɒnɪk/ adj
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