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单词 dialling
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
di•al /ˈdaɪəl, daɪl/USA pronunciation   n., v., di•aled or di•alled, di•al•ing or di•al•ling. 
n. [countable]
  1. Timea plate or disk on a clock or watch, containing markings upon which the time of day is indicated by hands or pointers:The second hand swept across the dial.
  2. Weights and Measuresa plate with markings for indicating a measurement or number, usually by means of a pointer:All the dials showed zero as the power went off.
  3. Telecommunicationsa knob that can be rotated, used for regulating a mechanism, esp. one that tunes a radio or television.
  4. Radio and Television
    • a rotating disk on a telephone that is used in making calls.
    • a set of pushbuttons on a telephone that perform the same function.

v. 
  1. to register on or as if on a dial:[+ object]He dialed the numbers on the safe.
  2. to select by means of a dial:[+ (in +) object]I dialed in a country-and-western station on the radio.
  3. Telecommunications to make a telephone call to:[+ object]I dialed your number but got a busy signal.
  4. Telecommunications to dial a telephone:[no object]I started to dial but then hung up.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
di•al  (dīəl, dīl),USA pronunciation n., v., di•aled, di•al•ing or (esp. Brit.) di•alled, di•al•ling, adj. 
n. 
  1. Timea plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
  2. a plate or disk with markings or figures for indicating or registering some measurement or number, as of pressure, number of revolutions, the frequency to which a radio is tuned, etc., usually by means of a pointer.
  3. Radio and Televisiona rotatable plate, disk, or knob used for regulating a mechanism, making and breaking electrical connections, etc., as in tuning a radio or television station in or out.
  4. TelecommunicationsAlso called rotary dial. a rotatable plate or disk on a telephone, fitted with finger holes that are marked with letters or numbers, used in making calls through an automatic switchboard.
  5. Telecommunicationsany mechanism on the face of a telephone by which the caller places a call, as push buttons.
  6. MiningAlso called miner's dial. a compass used for underground surveying.

v.t. 
  1. to indicate or register on or as if on a dial.
  2. to measure with or as if with a dial.
  3. to regulate, select, or tune in by means of a dial, as on a radio:to dial my favorite program.
  4. Telecommunicationsto make a telephone call to:Dial me at home.

v.i. 
  1. Telecommunicationsto use a telephone dial;
    to dial a telephone:I keep dialing, but the line seems dead.
  2. to tune in or regulate by means of a dial:to dial into the opera broadcast.
  3. dial up, to obtain, reach, or contact by telephone:to dial up stock-market information; to dial up Chicago and do some business.

adj. 
  1. Telecommunications(of a telephone) having a rotary dial mechanism.
  • Medieval Latin diālis daily (Latin di(ēs) day + -ālis -al1)
  • late Middle English: instrument for telling time by the sun's shadow, presumably 1400–50

dial., 
    1. dialect.
    2. dialectal.
    3. dialectic.
    4. dialectical.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dial /ˈdaɪəl; daɪl/ n
  1. the face of a watch, clock, chronometer, sundial, etc, marked with divisions representing units of time
  2. the circular graduated disc of various measuring instruments
  3. the control on a radio or television set used to change the station or channel
  4. the panel on a radio on which the frequency, wavelength, or station is indicated by means of a pointer
  5. a numbered disc on a telephone that is rotated a set distance for each digit of a number being called
  6. Brit
    a slang word for face
vb (dials, dialling, dialled) ( US dials, dialing, dialed)
  1. to establish or try to establish a telephone connection with (a subscriber or his number) by operating the dial on a telephone
  2. (transitive) to indicate, measure, or operate with a dial
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin diālis daily, from Latin diēs day

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