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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryphone I \ˈfōn\ noun ETYMOLOGY Greek phōnē DATE circa 1866: a speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the sound system of a language II noun ETYMOLOGY by shortening DATE 18841. telephone2. earphone III verb (phoned ; phon·ing) DATE 1889: telephoneEnglish Etymologyphone phone (n.) 1884, shortening of telephone. The verb is attested from 1889, from the noun. Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ phonephone / fEun; NAmE foun / noun1. [U, C] a system for talking to sb else over long distances using wires or radio; a machine used for this; a telephone 电话；电话系统；电话机: I have to make a phone call. 我得打个电话。 The phone rang and Pat answered it. 电话一响帕特便接了。 They like to do business by phone / over the phone. 他们喜欢用电话/在电话上谈生意。 His phone must be switched off. 他的电话一定是关机了。 I hadn't got my phone with me. 我没有带手机。 a phone bill 电话费单 ⇨ see also car phone , cellphone , cellular phone , Entryphone, mobile phone , payphone , telephone n. (1) 2. [C] the part of a phone that you hold in your hand and speak into; a telephone 电话听筒；电话: to pick up the phone 拿起电话 to put the phone down 放下电话 He left the phone off the hook as he didn't want to be disturbed. 他不想被电话打扰,就把电话听筒摘下来了。 ⇨ see also answerphone , telephone n. (2) 3. -phone (in nouns 构成名词) an instrument that uses or makes sound (发声或使用声音的)工具,仪器: dictaphone 口述录音机 xylophone 木琴 4. -phone (in adjectives and nouns 构成形容词和名词) speaking a particular language; a person who does this 说某种语言的；讲某种语言的人: anglophone 讲英语的(人) francophone 讲法语的(人) 5. (phonetics 语音) a sound made in speech, especially when not considered as part of the sound system of a particular language 音子；音素⇨ compare phoneme IDIOMS ▪ be on the 'phone 1. to be using the telephone 在打电话中: He's been on the phone to Kate for more than an hour. 他给凯特打电话讲了一个多小时了。 2. (BrE) to have a telephone in your home or place of work (在家中或工作单位)有电话,安了电话: They're not on the phone at the holiday cottage. 他们的度假别墅没装电话。 verb (especially BrE) (BrE also 7phone 'up) to make a telephone call to sb 打电话 SYN call : ▪ [V] I was just phoning up for a chat. 我只是打电话聊聊天。 He phoned to invite me out for dinner. 他打电话请我外出吃饭。 Someone phone for an ambulance! 找人打电话叫救护车！ Could you phone back later? 您过一会儿再打电话来好吗？ He phoned home, but there was no reply. 他往家里打电话,但没有人接。 ▪ [VN] Don't forget to phone New York. 别忘了往纽约打电话。 For reservations, phone 0171 281 3964. 预订请拨打 0171 281 3964。 Phone them up and find out when they are coming. 给他们打个电话,问问他们什么时候来。 PHRASAL VERBS ▪ 7phone 'in (especially BrE) 1. to make a telephone call to the place where you work 往工作单位打电话 ▪ [+ adj ] Three people have phoned in sick already this morning. 今天上午已有三个人打电话来请病假。 2. to make a telephone call to a radio or television station 往(电台或电视台)打电话；打热线电话: Listeners are invited to phone in with their comments. 欢迎听众拨打热线电话发表意见。 ⇨ related noun phone-in ▪ 7phone sth ↔ 'in (especially BrE) to make a telephone call to the place where you work in order to give sb some information 往单位打电话通报某事: I need you to phone the story in before five. 我要你在五点钟前把整件事电告单位。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishphone noun ADJ. cellular, cordless, mobile, portable | car | pay (also payphone), public There's a public payphone in reception. | office, private VERB + PHONE be on She's on the phone at the moment. | use Can I use your phone? | answer, get (informal), lift, pick up If the phone rings, don't answer it. Can you get the phone? | hang up, put down, replace I hung up the phone when he started shouting at me. | slam down She slammed the phone down in a rage. | be wanted on Mum, you're wanted on the phone. | call sb to He was called to the phone just as he was leaving. | connect | disconnect | bug, tap I think our phone is being tapped. | wait by She waits by the phone all day but he doesn't ring. | leave/take off the hook I couldn't get through because you'd left the phone off the hook. PHONE + VERB ring | be engaged His phone is engaged. | be off the hook | go dead The phone suddenly went dead in the middle of our conversation. PHONE + NOUN number | book | bill | call, conversation, message | card (also phonecard) | company, network, service | booth, box | line The modem links the computer to a phone line. PREP. by ~ We keep in contact by phone but we rarely see each other. | on the ~ We spoke on the phone the other day. | over the ~ I haven't seen her but we spoke over the phone. OLTphone verb⇨ call 2Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedphoneI. \ˈfōn\ noun(-s)Etymology: short for telephone: earphone, telephone, telephone receiverII. verb(-ed/-ing/-s): telephone < if I didn't phone the office, she would close up at 5 p.m. — Christopher Morley >III. noun(-s)Etymology: Greek phōnē sound, voice1. : allophone2. : a speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to how it fits into the structure of a language — compare phonemeIV. noun combining form(-s): speaker of (a specified language) < Francophone >V. adjective combining formEtymology: French, from Greek -phōnos -sounding, from phōneinto sound, from phōnē sound, voice — more at ban: of or relating to a population that speaks (a specified language) < Francophone >

Phone I Telephone Call Noun Sound Verb Make