tel·e·phone
noun/ˈtelɪfəʊn/
/ˈtelɪfəʊn/
(rather formal) (also phone)
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] a system for talking to somebody else over long distances, using wires or radio; a machine used for this
电话；电话机 - The telephone rang and Pat answered it.
电话响起，帕特接了。 - I need to make a telephone call.
我得打个电话。 - over the telephone You can reserve seats over the telephone.
你可以打电话预订座位。 - by telephone Can I get in touch by telephone?
我可以电话联系吗？ - on the telephone They talk on the telephone much more often than they meet.
他们打电话的次数比见面的次数多得多。 - She spoke by telephone to the French President.
她通过电话与法国总统通话。 - a telephone conversation/interview
电话交谈/采访 - telephone lines/services
电话线/服务
Collocations PhonesPhonesMaking and receiving phone callssee also radio-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- All letters should include an address and a daytime telephone number.
所有信件中均应包括一个地址和一个白天可用的电话号码。 - Can I use your telephone?
我能用一下你的电话吗？ - Excuse me, do you have a telephone?
打扰一下，你有电话吗？ - Hang on—I'll just get the telephone.
别挂电话 － 我就来接。 - He was called to the telephone just as he was leaving.
他刚要走，这时有人叫他接电话。 - She is in telephone contact with headquarters.
她与总部保持电话联系。 - The charity has set up a 24-hour telephone helpline.
这个慈善组织设立了一条24 小时电话求助热线。 - The office telephones were all out of order.
办公电话都出了故障。 - The telephone was ringing furiously.
电话铃声大作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- office
- cellular
- …
- use
- be on
- have
- …
- ring
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by telephone
- on the telephone
- over the telephone
- …
- The telephone rang and Pat answered it.
- [countable] the part of the phone that you hold in your hand and speak into
（电话机的）受话器，听筒 - I picked up the telephone and called some people I knew.
我拿起电话，打给了我认识的人。 - She put down the telephone and burst into tears.
她放下电话，痛哭流涕。 - I've been trying to phone him all day—he must have left his telephone off the hook.
一整天我都在给他打电话——他一定没把电话听筒挂好。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- office
- cellular
- …
- use
- be on
- have
- …
- ring
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by telephone
- on the telephone
- over the telephone
- …
- I picked up the telephone and called some people I knew.
Idioms
be on the telephone
- to be using the phone
在打电话；在通电话 - He's on the telephone at the moment.
他正在打电话。 - You're wanted (= somebody wants to speak to you) on the telephone.
有人打电话找你。
- He's on the telephone at the moment.
- (British English, old-fashioned) 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 - We were not on the telephone at the cottage.
我们的乡间别墅没有安装电话。
- We were not on the telephone at the cottage.