telephone
telɪfoʊn ˈtɛləˌfoʊn
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense telephones, present participle telephoning, past tense , past participle telephoned
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They usually exchanged messages by telephone.
他们一般通过电话互通消息。
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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。
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She was wanted on the telephone.
有人打电话找她。
SYN phone, blower [informal] , mobile, mobile phone or (informal) moby, cellphone or cellular phone [US]
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He got up and answered the telephone.
他起身去接了电话。
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The telephone in Rizzoli's room rang.
里佐利房间的电话响了。
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I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry. [VERB noun]
我心里实在难受，觉得必须给欧文打电话道个歉。
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They usually telephone first to see if she is at home. [VERB]
他们通常先打个电话，看看她在不在家。
SYN call, phone, ring [mainly British] , buzz [informal]
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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。
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We talked on the telephone for quite a while.
我们在电话里谈了好一阵子。
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She wasn't on the telephone.
她没装电话。
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Are you on the telephone at home?
你家有没有电话？
Quotations
The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart City Aphorisms
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own The Common Reader
telephone: an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance The Devil's Dictionary
Word LinkWord Link
| Word Link | phon ≈ sound : microphone, phonetics, telephone |
| Word Link | tele ≈ distance : telegraph, telepathy, telephone |
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