Telephone Talk Number Piece Equipment Speaking 例：They 例：I

英[ˈtelɪfəʊn] 美[ˈtelɪfoʊn]

n.电话;电话机;（电话机的）话筒;受话器;vt.& vi.以电话传送（消息），给（某人）打电话;用电话与（某人）交谈;

N-UNCOUNT

电话

The telephone is the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it.

例：They usually exchanged messages by telephone...他们一般通过电话互通消息。

例：I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be...我不敢想象我们的电话费会有多少。

N-COUNT

电话(机)

A telephone is the piece of equipment that you use when you talk to someone by telephone.

例：He got up and answered the telephone...他起身去接了电话。

例：The telephone in Rizzoli's room rang.里佐利房间的电话响了。

VERB

给…打电话;打电话给

If you telephone someone, you dial their telephone number and speak to them by telephone.

例：I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry...我心里实在难受，觉得必须给欧文打电话道个歉。

例：They usually telephone first to see if she is at home.他们通常先打个电话，看看她在不在家。

PHRASE

正在打电话

If you are on the telephone, you are speaking to someone by telephone.

例：Linda remained on the telephone to the police for three hours...琳达在电话里和警察谈了 3 个小时。

例：We talked on the telephone for quite a while.我们在电话里谈了好一阵子。

PHRASE

装有电话

To be on the telephone means to have a telephone in your house or office which is connected to the rest of the telephone system.

例：She wasn't on the telephone...她没装电话。

例：Are you on the telephone at home?你家有没有电话？

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