1 N-SING [oft by NOUN] 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
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You can buy insurance over the phone.
你可以通过电话购买保险。
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She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone.
她盼望着能打电话和女儿交谈。
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Do you have an address and phone number for him?
你有他的地址和电话号码么？
2 N-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
3See also:cellular phone mobile phone
4 N-SING 电话听筒 If you say that someone picks up or puts down the phone, you mean that they lift or replace the receiver. 电话听筒
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She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice Campbell's number.
她拿起电话听筒，开始拨打莫里斯·坎贝尔的号码。
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Trembling, she put the phone down. It rang again almost immediately.
她颤抖着放下电话听筒，电话几乎立刻又响了起来。
5 VERB 给…打电话 When you phone someone, you dial their phone number and speak to them by phone. 给…打电话
SYN call, telephone, ring (up) [informal , mainly British] , give someone a call
6 PHRASE 在通话 If you say that someone is on the phone, you mean that they are speaking to someone else by phone. 在通话
7 PHRASE 装了电话的；可用电话联系的 If you are on the phone, you have a phone in your home or place of work, so that you can be contacted by phone. 装了电话的；可用电话联系的
Phrasal verbs: - phone inphone up
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