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词汇 phoning
释义 phoning
present participle ofphone
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?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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buzz
caller ID
Freephone
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patch someone through
phone in
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pick
reverse
speakerphone
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Communicating & keeping in touch

Grammar



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

Phrasal verbs


phone in
phone something in

Examples of phoning


phoning

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


I live in dread of someone phoning and asking me to edit her papers, but who knows, until someone does edit them, what of her work is preserved?
They came up with situations like phoning a friend to arrange dinner and a trip to the cinema, coaching someone in badminton, and attending a tutorial.
In addition, a number of employers are phoning the helpline to tell us about their competitors who are paying below the national minimum wage.
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We would be phoning the undertaker, informing relatives and so on.
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Phoning my assistant at night on her home telephone number is not my idea of responsible lobbying.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
They get here by pulling strings, phoning up the right person or pushing themselves forward.
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I admit that there are sometimes difficulties over programmes where members of an audience are expected to participate by phoning their views.
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She was not dead—she was phoning them up.
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After five months of continual phoning, writing and calling the local office, she finally secured the pension.
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She has also made available a self-assessment guide which can be obtained by phoning 0870 9027 522.
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That can be done by attending public meetings, returning one of the questionnaires or phoning a free phone line.
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Apparently he was taking names at random out of the telephone book and phoning the people up.
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In my experience of phoning the hotline, part of the problem appears to be with the scanners.
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There is another small point, and that is the phoning of everybody—your neighbours, the fire brigade and the district council.
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The company keeps phoning me and telling me about its frustrations.
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