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