Meucci
/meɪˈuːtʃɪ/- Meucci, Antonio (1808-96), Italian engineer, now widely regarded as the inventor of the telephone. He demonstrated his device in 1860 and took out a patent caveat in 1871; however, the combined effects of poverty and mismanagement allowed credit for the invention to rest for many years with Alexander Graham Bell, who patented his own device in 1876.梅乌奇, 安东尼奥（1808-1896, 意大利工程师, 现被广泛承认为电话的发明者; 1860年演示其电话装置, 并于1871年取得专利证明书; 但因贫穷和处理不当, 使发明电话的荣誉长期归于亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔, 后者于1876年为其自己的电话装置获得了专利权）。