dial up
phrasal verbdial up | dial something up
- to connect to a computer system using a phone line
拨号连接（计算机系统） - Back then, you still had to dial up to the internet at 5p a minute.
那时，你仍然需要以每分钟 5 便士的价格拨号上网。 - I tried to dial up a connection.
我尝试拨号连接。
- Back then, you still had to dial up to the internet at 5p a minute.
dial something up
- to order something by phone, to be delivered immediately
打电话购买 - If I'm too tired to cook, I just dial up a pizza.
如果我太累，不想做饭，我就打电话订一张披萨。
- If I'm too tired to cook, I just dial up a pizza.
- to increase the noise, heat, etc. produced by a piece of equipment by moving its controls
调高（音量、热度等） - Dial up the volume.
调高音量。
- Dial up the volume.
- (informal) to increase the amount, degree or power of a quality
拨号：增加质量的数量，程度或功效 - She gradually dialled up the pressure on the rest of the team.
她逐步加大了给其他队员的压力。
- She gradually dialled up the pressure on the rest of the team.