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词汇 phone
释义 phone
noun
uk /fəʊn/ us /foʊn/

phonenoun (PHONE)


A1[ C or U ](formaltelephone)
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: 电话
Just then, his phone rang.就在那时,他的电话响了。
Could you answer the phone?你能接一下电话吗?
We speak on the/by phone about twice a week.我们一周大约通两次电话。
You had three phone calls this morning.今天早上有3个电话找你。
If the phone lines are busy, please try again later.如果电话占线,请过会儿再打。
Could you pick the phone up for me - my hands are wet.你能帮我把电话听筒拿起来吗——我的手是湿的。
I left the phone off the hook, so it wouldn't ring.我没有挂上电话听筒,所以不会响。
I was so angry I just put/slammed the phone down (on her) (= replaced it before our conversation was finished).我很生气,就把(她的)电话挂断了。
 
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 on the phone
speaking on the phone: 在通电话
She's on the phone at the moment but she can see you in a few minutes.
UK
with a phone connected to your home by wires: 家里装有电话
Are the Middletons on the phone at their cottage, do you know?米德尔顿家的乡间别墅里装没装电话,你知道吗?
 on your phone
to be using your mobile phone to send messages, play games, look at the internet, etc.:
These kids are on their phones all day long.
Just as I was sitting down to watch TV, the phone rang.我正准备坐下看电视的时候,电话铃响了。
Every time I ring her, the phone is engaged.
We've spoken on the phone but never face-to-face.我们通过电话,但素未谋面。
After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.他遇袭后,跌跌撞撞地走到电话机旁打电话求救。
"There's someone on the phone for you." "What do they want?"“有人给你打电话。”“他/她有什么事?”
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phonenoun (PHONETIC UNIT)


[ C ] phonetics specialized
a unit of sound at the phonetic level, used when studying speech音子,音素
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intrusive
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mispronounce
postalveolar
postconsonantal
retroflex
retroflexion
rhotic
the International Phonetic Alphabet
unpronounceable
unrepeatable

Grammar



Telephoning
Here is the start of an informal telephone call between friends: …
phone
verb[ I or T ]
uk /fəʊn/ us /foʊn/
A1
to communicate with someone by phone: (给…)打电话
She phoned just after lunch.刚吃完午饭她就打了电话。
He's phoned me (up) every day this week.这周他每天都给我打电话。
Synonyms
call
ring
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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Grammar



Telephoning
Here is the start of an informal telephone call between friends: …

Phrasal verbs


phone in
phone something in
-phone
suffix
uk /-fəʊn/ us /foʊn/
used to form words referring to a speaker or speakers of a particular language: 说某种语言的人
a francophone (= a French speaker)一个讲法语的人 (说法语的人)
the anglophone world (= people in the world who speak English)在说英语的世界里(世界上说英语的人)
used to form the names of musical instruments: 乐器(乐器名的后缀)
a chordophone (= an instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of a string)弦乐器(弦振动发声的乐器)
a sousaphone (= a brass instrument named after J. P. Sousa)苏萨大号(美国行进乐队用)
Mexico is the most populous Hispanophone country on earth.
I grew up in a largely Germanophone household.
Both Russians and Russophone Ukrainians living in these territories use Russian on a daily basis.
He played sax, trombone, and vibraphone.
Any musical instrument in which sound is produced mainly by means of electricity can be called an electrophone.
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phone | American Dictionary


phone
noun[ C ]
us/foʊn/
short form oftelephone:
The phone is ringing – would you answer it?

phone


verb[ I/T ]us/foʊn/
[ I ]Fernando phoned just after lunch.

phone | Business English


phone
noun[ C ]
 COMMUNICATIONSuk /fəʊn/us
a piece of electronic equipment which makes it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has similar equipment, using either electrical signals sent along a system of wires, or radio signals:
over the phoneYou can arrange a mortgage online, over the phone, or through a meeting.
by phoneThe company can be reached by phone on this number.
on the phoneShe has spent hours on the phone in recent weeks, talking to negotiators in a labour dispute.
See also
cell phone
mobile phone
telephone
phone
verb[ I or T ]
 COMMUNICATIONSuk /fəʊn/us
to communicate with someone by phone:
Someone phoned while you were at lunch.
Phone him and ask if he's free this afternoon.
See also
telephoneverb

Phrasal verbs


phone in
phone sth in
phone up

Examples of phone


phone
Today, the use of mobile phones is widespread and the number of users is increasing rapidly.
The economy is still underdeveloped, with low manufactured and hightechnology exports, low expenditure on research and development, and small numbers of computers and mobile phones.
Barely able to talk, she phones the preschool to tell them she will soon pick up her child.
They put their hands on their phones or their bags.
As we show, this exceptional development is determined by the ways in which mobile phones have been adapted to the local conditions of everyday life.
The younger generations are also as concerned with what cell phones look like as with their functions and quality.
The use of colour makes it simple (once you have thought of the idea) to produce a great chart of phones showing different classificatory groupings.
I guess another caller had phoned in the fire.
Mobile phones can be very useful in business as people who are away from the office can be contacted almost anywhere.
Usually, a company that requires its workforce to be mobile will issue mobile phones to them and pay all the bills.
We swapped phones, pretended to be other people.
The phonetic mode was thought to be a language-general phonetic mode of perception in which phones are discriminated without any influence of linguistic experience.
With the advent of small mobile computing devices like handheld computers and smart mobile phones, the range of possible web displays has increased.
We believe that it is insufficient to understand mobile phones simply as devices that are ' domesticated' in order to serve specific local requirements.
Mobile phones can allow field-work to be remotely coordinated on flexible timetables.
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Collocations withphone


phone

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cordless phone
Digital signals allowed the phones to be more secure and decreased eavesdroppingit was relatively easy to eavesdrop on analog cordlessphone conversations.
From
Wikipedia

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landline phone
Local 7-digit landlinephone numbers start with 894.
From
Wikipedia

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obscene phone
Obviously obscenephone calls are shocking when they happen.
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Hansard archive

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