dial
US
UK dial [sth] vtr: (phone)
SC 拨（电话号码） bō （ diàn huà hào mǎ ）
SC 打电话给 bō （ diàn huà hào mǎ ），dǎ diàn huà gěi
TC 打電話給
TC 打電話給
George dialled Fred's number and heard it ring.
乔治拨了弗莱德的电话，听到电话接通了。
dial n: (control on machine)
SC 仪表盘 yí biǎo pán
TC 儀表盤
TC 儀表盤
SC 刻度盘 yí biǎo pán ，kè dù pán
SC 标度盘 yí biǎo pán ，biāo dù pán
Sarah turned the dial on the washing machine to select the correct washing cycle.
莎拉拧动洗衣机上的标度盘，选择了合适的洗衣程序。
dial n: (on radio) (收音机)
SC 电台调节器 diàn tái tiáo jié qì
SC 调谐指示盘 diàn tái tiáo jié qì，tiáo xié zhǐ shì pán
Dan fiddled with the dial, trying to tune the radio to a station.
丹摆弄着电台调节器，想看能不能收到频道。
dial n: (clock or watch face)
SC 表盘
SC 钟面
The second hand swept around the dial.
分针扫过表盘。
dial, rotary dial n: (circular numbers on phone)
SC 拨号盘
TC 撥號盤
TC 撥號盤
Phones used to have dials, but now they have keypads.
以前的电话有拨号盘，现在被键盘取代了。
dial vi: (phone) (电话)
SC 拨号
Wendy picked up the phone and started dialling.
dial [sth] vtr: (use a dial)
SC 用拨号盘拨出
The bank manager dialled the numbers on the safe.
dial. n: written, abbreviation (dialect)
SC 方言，地方话 fāng yán，dì fāng huà
TC 方言
TC 方言
dial. adj: written, abbreviation (dialectal)
SC 方言的 fāng yán de
dial [sb] up vtr phrasal sep: (phone)
SC 致电 zhì diàn
TC 致電
TC 致電
SC 给...拨电话
dial gauge n: (measuring instrument)
SC 度盘式指示器 dù pán shì zhǐ shì qì
Before the digital revolution most of us relied on dial gauges to measure the air pressure in our automobile tires.
dial telephone n: (rotary phone)
SC 转盘拨号式电话机 zhuǎn pán bō hào shì diàn huà jī
In the 1960s the dial telephone was widely replaced by the touch-tone telephone.
dial tone, also UK: dialling tone n: (phone signal)
SC （电话）拨号音 diàn huà bō hào yīn
Wait for the dial tone to begin pressing the number keys.
dial-up adj: (internet: via phone)
SC 拨号上网的, 拨号的
My parents still have a dial-up connection – it's so slow I can't stand using it!
我父母用的还是拨号上网，网速太慢，我简直受不了！
dial-up n: (internet: via phone)
SC 拨号上网 bō hào shàng wǎng
TC 撥號上網
TC 撥號上網
pocket dial n: mainly US, informal (accidental phone call)
SC 口袋误拨
pocket-dial [sb/sth] vtr: mainly US, informal (phone by accident)
SC 放在口袋里误拨出
speed dial n: (phone feature: calling a number automatically) (电话功能)
SC 一键拨号，快速拨号