| 释义 |
- (British English, informal) to make a phone call to somebody打电话
- I'll give you a ring tomorrow.我明天给你打电话。
- I'll give you a ring once I get home.一到家我就给你打电话。
British/American phone / call / ringphone / call / ringVerbs- In British English, to phone, to ring and to call are the usual ways of saying to telephone. In North American English the most common word is call, but phone is also used. Speakers of North American English do not say ring. Telephone is very formal and is used mainly in British English.
Nouns- You can use call or phone call (more formal) in both British English and North American English:
- Were there any phone calls for me?有我的电话吗？
- How do I make a local call?本地电话怎么打？
The idiom give somebody a call is also common:- I’ll give you a call tonight.我今晚会给你打电话。
In informal British English you could also say:- I’ll give you a ring tonight.我今晚会给你打电话。
Topics Phones, email and the internetb2
See also ring |