electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds;
"I talked to him on the telephone"
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear;
"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
Verb
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;
"I tried to call you all night" "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
组词搭配
动词+～
answer〔receive〕 the phone接电话
hook up〔install〕 a phone安装电话
make a phone打个电话
pick up the phone拿起听筒
ring sb's phone给某人打电话
形容词+～
cordless phone无线电话
名词+～
dial phone拨号式电话
push-button phone按键式电话
～+名词
phone book电话簿
phone booth电话亭
phone box〈英〉公用电话亭
介词+～
call sb at〔on〕 the phone打电话找某人
on the phone在打电话
call sb to the phone叫某人来接电话
～+副词
phone immediately立刻打电话
phone suddenly突然打电话
phone in打电话告知
phone up给(某人)打电话
～+介词
phone sth to打电话告诉(某人)某事
例句
用作名词(n.)
What's your phone number?你的电话号码是多少？
I nearly smashed the phone in fury.盛怒之下，我差点把电话机砸碎。
She picked up the phone but didn't speak.她拿起话筒,但并没有说话。
I tuned the tone of the stone phone with a bone.我用骨头调整了石质耳机的音调。
Invest in a telephone headset for your office phone.在你办公室的电话机旁安装一个头戴式耳机。
