Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense phones, present participle phoning, past tense, past participle phoned
1N-SING [oft byNOUN]电话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. 电话
You can buy insurance over the phone.
你可以通过电话购买保险。
She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone.
她盼望着能打电话和女儿交谈。
Do you have an address and phone number for him?
你有他的地址和电话号码么?
2N-COUNT 电话机The phone is the piece of equipment that you use when you dial someone's phone number and talk to them. 电话机
➡ see also telephoneADJECTIVE | VERB + PHONE | PHONE + VERB | PHONE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤cell(usually cellphone) (especially NAmE) , cellular, mobile (BrE) 手機;移動電話▸➤pay(usually payphone) , public公用(付費)電話◇There's a public payphone in reception.接待處有一部公用付費電話。➤office辦公電話➤home, private住宅/私人電話◇I called his cellphone and then his home phone.我打了他的手機,然後又給他家打電話。➤landline陸線電話▸➤car車載電話➤cordless無線電話➤hands-free, speaker (usually speakerphone)免提電話◇I switched over to speakerphone.我切換到了電話免提。➤digital數字電話➤satellite衞星電話➤camera可拍照電話/手機➤clamshell, flip (NAmE) 翻蓋手機➤3G, Bluetooth™, smart(usually smartphone) , VoIP (= Voice over Internet Protocol) , WAP, Web-enabled, wireless (especially NAmE) , etc. * 3G 手機、藍牙手機、智能手機、網絡電話、能上網的手機、能瀏覽網頁的手機、無繩電話等VERB + PHONE➤be on在通話中◇She's on the phone at the moment.她現在正在打電話。➤use使用電話◇Can I use your phone?我可以用一下你的電話嗎?➤call (sb on)給(某人)打電話◇I called his cellphone but no one answered.我撥打他的手機,但無人接聽。◇He called me on my mobile phone.他撥打了我的手機。➤answer, get (informal) , grab (informal) , lift, pick up接聽電話;拿起電話◇If the phone rings, don't answer it.如果電話鈴響,不要接。◇Can you get the phone?你能接一下電話嗎?◇I grabbed the phone and called Josie's number.我抓起電話撥了喬茜的號碼。➤hang up, put down, replace掛斷電話;放下電話;把電話放回原處◇I hung up the phone when he started shouting at me.他開始衝我大喊大叫,我就把電話掛斷了。➤slam down砰地掛斷電話◇She slammed the phone down in a rage.她盛怒之下砰的一聲掛斷電話。➤cradle, hold夾着電話;握着電話◇She cradled the phone between her ear and shoulder.她把電話夾在肩膀和耳朵之間。◇a £30 fine if caught holding a phone while driving開車時打電話被抓到要被罰款 30 英鎊➤be wanted on有⋯的電話◇Dad, you're wanted on the phone.爸爸,有電話找你。➤call sb to打電話找某人◇He was called to the phone just as he was leaving.正當他要離開時,有人給他打電話。➤connect接通電話▸➤disconnect, unplug切斷電話▸➤bug, tap給電話安裝竊聽器;竊聽電話◇I think our phone is being tapped.我認為有人竊聽我們的電話。➤wait by在電話旁等待◇She waits by the phone all day but he doesn't call.她一整天都在電話旁等着,但是他並沒有打電話來。➤leave off the hook, take off the hook未將電話(聽筒)掛上◇I couldn't get through because you'd left the phone off the hook.因為你沒有把電話掛好,所以我打不進去。➤switch off, switch on, turn off, turn on關閉手機;打開電話◇Please switch off all mobile phones.請關掉所有手機。◇I turned on my phone.我開啟了電話。PHONE + VERB➤➤go, go off, ring, vibrate電話鈴響;電話震動◇My mobile phone went off during the movie.看電影時我的手機響了。◇Vincent's cell phone vibrated in his pocket.文森特的手機在他的口袋裏振動。➤ring off the hook電話鈴聲不斷◇The phone was ringing off the hook (= ringing continuously).電話鈴一直響個不停。➤be busy, be engaged (BrE) 電話忙音/佔線◇The phone was busy when I called.我打電話時是忙音。◇His phone is almost permanently engaged.他的電話幾乎總是佔線。➤be off the hook電話聽筒未掛上▸➤go dead電話沒聲◇The phone suddenly went dead in the middle of our conversation.我們正談着話,電話突然斷了。PHONE + NOUN➤number電話號碼▸➤book, directory電話簿▸➤bill電話賬單▸➤call, conversation, interview, message電話;電話交談;電話採訪;電話留言➤user電話用戶➤operator電話接線員/運營商▸➤card (usually phonecard)電話卡▸➤company, network, service電話公司;電話網;電話服務➤bank (especially NAmE) (幫助美國總統競選的)電話拜票站◇She was working a phone bank for the Democrats.她在為民主黨運作電話拜票站。➤booth, box (BrE) 公用電話間;電話亭▸➤line電話線◇The modem links the computer to a phone line.調制解調器將計算機與電話線相連。➤keypad電話鍵盤➤handset, receiver電話聽筒/受話器◇the modern business of selling phone handsets銷售電話聽筒的現代企業◇I picked up the phone receiver and pressed it to my ear.我拿起電話聽筒貼到耳朵邊。➤cord電話線➤charger手機充電器◇I've lost my phone charger.我的手機充電器丟失了。➤records電話記錄◇The search of the phone records yielded nothing.搜索電話記錄一無所獲。PREPOSITION➤by phone通過電話◇We keep in contact by phone but we rarely see each other.我們通過電話保持聯繫,但很少見面。➤on the phone用電話◇We spoke on the phone the other day.我們幾天前還通過電話。➤over the phone用電話◇I haven't seen her but we spoke over the phone.我還未見她,但是我們通過話。