phone
noun/fəʊn/
/fəʊn/
(also rather formal telephone)
Idioms 电话;手机 - I have to make a phone call.
我得打个电话。 - The phone rang and Pat answered it.
电话响起,帕特接了。 - Can someone answer the phone?
谁接下电话? - I hadn't got my phone with me.
我没有带手机。 - Please switch off your phones before the show begins.
请在演出开始前关掉手机。 - a phone conversation/interview
电话交谈/采访 - Here is our list of top new phone apps.
以下是我们的热门新手机软件榜单。
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.
- 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?
- I’ll give you a call tonight.
我今晚会给你打电话。
- I’ll give you a ring tonight.
我今晚会给你打电话。
- Were there any phone calls for me?
Extra Examples- Can you get the phone?
你能接一下电话吗? - He was called to the phone just as he was leaving.
正当他要离开时,有人给他打电话。 - His phone is almost permanently engaged.
他的电话几乎总是占线。 - I turned on my phone.
我开启了电话。 - I've lost my phone charger.
我的手机充电器丢失了。 - If the phone rings, don't answer it.
如果电话铃响,不要接。 - The phone suddenly went dead in the middle of our conversation.
我们正谈着话,电话突然断了。 - The phone was busy when I called.
我打电话时是忙音。 - The phone was ringing off the hook.
电话铃一直响个不停。 - a £30 fine if caught holding a phone while driving
开车时打电话被抓到要被罚款 30 英镑 - the modern business of selling phone handsets
销售电话听筒的现代企业 - His phone must be switched off.
他的手机必须关机。 - He unplugged the phone as he didn't want to be disturbed.
他拔掉了电话,因为他不想被打扰。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cell
- cellular
- mobile
- …
- be on
- use
- call (somebody on)
- …
- go
- go off
- ring
- …
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by phone
- on the phone
- over the phone
- …
- I have to make a phone call.
电话系统;手机通信系统 - by phone They like to do business by phone.
他们喜欢用电话谈生意。 - on the phone I talk to my family on the phone.
我和家人通电话。 - over the phone I can't talk about this over the phone.
我不能在电话里谈这事。 - a phone bill
电话费单 - They want to put up a new phone mast next to the school.
他们想在学校旁边架起一个新的电话桅杆。 - Most people only need one phone line.
大多数人只需要一根电话线。
Express Yourself Leaving a phone messageLeaving a phone messageIf you phone someone who is not able to take your call, you may need to leave a message:- Could I speak to Jay Black, please?
请让杰伊 · 布莱克接电话好吗?
- Could I speak to Jay Black, please?
- Could you give him a message?
你帮我给他留个言好吗?
- Could you give him a message?
- Is there a time that might be good for me to try him again?
我什么时间再给他打电话比较方便?
- Is there a time that might be good for me to try him again?
- Can you let him know I’ll call back?
请告诉他我会再打电话来好吗?
- Can you let him know I’ll call back?
- Could you ask him to call me back? My number is…
请让他给我回电话好吗?我的号码是…
- Could you ask him to call me back? My number is…
Extra Examples- I haven't seen her but we spoke over the phone.
我还未见她,但是我们通过话。 - I think our phone is being tapped.
我认为有人窃听我们的电话。 - The modem links the computer to a phone line.
调制解调器将计算机与电话线相连。 - The search of the phone records yielded nothing.
搜索电话记录一无所获。 - We keep in contact by phone but we rarely see each other.
我们通过电话保持联系,但很少见面。 - We spoke on the phone the other day.
我们几天前还通过电话。 - Phone lines in the city had been cut.
城内的电话线路已被切断。 - The toll-free phone line is open from 8 : 30 a.m. to 6 : 30 p.m.
免费电话的开放时间为上午 8:30 至下午 6:30。
- by phone They like to do business by phone.
电话听筒 - to pick up the phone
拿起电话 - to put the phone down
放下电话 - to take the phone off the hook (= so that no one can call)
移开听筒(使别人打不进来)
Collocations PhonesPhonesMaking and receiving phone callssee also telephone- the phone/telephone rings
- answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone
- lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver
- dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
- call somebody/talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office
- make/get/receive a phone call
- take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)
- the line is (British English) engaged/ (especially North American English) busy
- the phones have been (North American English) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
- put somebody through/get through to the person you want to speak to
- put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)
- call from/use a landline
- be/talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell
- use/answer/call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
- switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
- charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
- a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
- (British English) top up your mobile/cell (phone)
- send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax
- insert/remove/change a SIM card
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the interneta1- I couldn't get through because you'd left the phone off the hook.
因为你没有把电话挂好,所以我打不进去。 - I grabbed the phone and called Josie's number.
我抓起电话拨了乔茜的号码。 - I hung up the phone when he started shouting at me.
他开始冲我大喊大叫,我就把电话挂断了。 - I picked up the phone receiver and pressed it to my ear.
我拿起电话听筒贴到耳朵边。 - She cradled the phone between her ear and shoulder.
她把电话夹在肩膀和耳朵之间。 - She slammed the phone down in a rage.
她盛怒之下砰的一声挂断电话。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cell
- cellular
- mobile
- …
- be on
- use
- call (somebody on)
- …
- go
- go off
- ring
- …
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by phone
- on the phone
- over the phone
- …
- to pick up the phone
- -phone(in nouns) 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
- dictaphone
- -phone(in adjectives and nouns) 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)
- anglophone
- (phonetics) a sound made in speech, especially when not considered as part of the sound system of a particular language
compare phoneme音子;音素
Word Originnoun sense 5 mid 19th cent.: from Greek phōnē ‘sound, voice’.
Idioms
be on the phone
- to be using the phone
在打电话;在通电话 - 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。 - She's on the phone at the moment.
她现在正在打电话。
- He's been on the phone to Kate for more than an hour.
- (British English) to have a phone in your home or place of work
(在家中或工作单位)有电话,安装了电话 - They're not on the phone at the holiday cottage.
他们的度假别墅没装电话。
- They're not on the phone at the holiday cottage.