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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary di·al
ETYMOLOGY Middle English dyal, from Medieval Latin dialisclock wheel revolving daily, from Latin dies day — more at deity DATE 15th century 1. the face of a sundial 2. obsolete : timepiece 3. the graduated face of a timepiece 4. a. a face upon which some measurement is registered usually by means of graduations and a pointer the thermometer dial reads 70°F b. a device that may be operated to make electrical connections or to regulate the operation of a machine a radio dial a telephone dial
verb (di·aled or di·alled ; di·al·ing or di·al·ling) DATE 1653 transitive verb 1. to measure with a dial 2. a. to manipulate a device (as a dial) so as to operate, regulate, or select dial your favorite program dialed the wrong number b. call 1m(1) dialed the office intransitive verb 1. to manipulate a dial 2. to make a telephone call or connection • di·al·er noun
abbreviation 1. dialect 2. dialectical English Etymology dial 1430, apparently from M.L. dialis "daily," from L. dies "day" (see diurnal). The M.L. was probably abstracted from a phrase such as rota dialis "daily wheel," and the earliest sense was "a sundial." It evolved to mean any round plate over which something rotates, including the telephone sense, from 1879, which led to the verb (1923) and to dial tone (1921), "the signal to begin dialing," which term soon will be the sole relic of the rotary phone. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 dial dial / 5daiEl / noun1. the face of a clock or watch, or a similar control on a machine, piece of equipment or vehicle that shows a measurement of time, amount, speed, temperature, etc. 表盘；刻度盘；标度盘；仪表盘: an alarm clock with a luminous dial 夜光闹钟 Check the tyre pressure on the dial. 检查一下仪表盘显示的车胎压力。 ⇨ see also sundial 2. the round control on a radio, cooker / stove, etc. that you turn in order to adjust sth, for example to choose a particular station or to choose a particular temperature (收音机、炉、灶等的)调节盘,控制盘 3. the round part on some older telephones, with holes for the fingers, that you move around to call a particular number (旧式电话机的)拨号盘verb (-ll-, NAmE -l-) to use a telephone by pushing buttons or turning the dial to call a number 拨(电话号码): ▪ [VN] He dialled the number and waited. 他拨号后便等着通话。 Dial 0033 for France. 打电话到法国拨 0033。 ▪ [also V] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English dial noun VERB + DIAL adjust, set, turn, twiddle, twist Set the dial for the number of copies required. OLT dial verb ⇨ call 2 dial noun ⇨ button 1 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged -di·al \-ˈdīˌal\ noun suffix (-s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from di- + -al : containing two aldehyde groups replacing two methyl groups at the ends of an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain < heptanedial OCH(CH2)5CHO > |
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