phone

1. N-SING The phone is an electrical system that you use to talk to someone else in another place, by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it. 電話[usu 'the' N, also 'by' N]

"I didn't tell you over the phone," she said. "I didn't know who might be listening."

“我沒有在電話里告訴你，”她說?！拔也恢勒l會在聽。”

She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone. 她盼望著和她女兒通電話交談。

2. N-COUNT The phone is the piece of equipment that you use when you dial someone's phone number and talk to them. 電話機

Two minutes later the phone rang. 兩分鐘后，電話鈴響了。

3. →see also cellular phone

4. N-SING If you say that someone picks up or puts down the phone, you mean that they lift or replace the receiver. 電話聽筒

She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice's number. 她拿起電話聽筒，開始撥莫里斯的號碼。

5. V-T/V-I When you phone someone, you dial their phone number and speak to them by phone. 給…打電話

He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better. 他給勞拉打電話，看她是不是好些了。

6. N a single uncomplicated speech sound 單音; 音素; 音子[phonetics]

7. PHRASE If you say that someone is on the phone, you mean that they are speaking to someone by phone. 在打電話

She's always on the phone, wanting to know what I've been up to. 她總是打電話，想知道我忙了些什么。