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单词 telephone
释义
telephone
(telɪfoʊn )
Word forms: telephones , telephoning , telephoned
1. uncountable noun A2
The telephone is the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it.
They usually exchanged messages by telephone.
I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be.
She was wanted on the telephone.
Synonyms: phone, blower [informal], mobile, mobile phone or (informal) moby, cellphone or cellular phone [US]  
2. countable noun A2
A telephone is the piece of equipment that you use when you talk to someone by telephone.
He got up and answered the telephone.
The telephone in Rizzoli's room rang.
3. verb A2
If you telephone someone, you dial their telephone number and speak to them by telephone.
I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry. [VERB noun]
They usually telephone first to see if she is at home. [VERB]
Synonyms: call, phone, ring [mainly British], buzz [informal]  
4. on the telephone phrase B1+
If you are on the telephone, you are speaking to someone by telephone.
Linda remained on the telephone to the police for three hours.
We talked on the telephone for quite a while.
5. on the telephone phrase [verb-link PHRASE]
To be on the telephone means to have a telephone in your house or office which is connected to the rest of the telephone system. [British]
She wasn't on the telephone.
Are you on the telephone at home?
Image of telephone
Quotations:
The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apartMason CooleyCity Aphorisms
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its ownVirginia WoolfThe Common Reader
telephone: an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distanceAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Collocations:
office telephone
It probably lists an office telephone number, a mobile number, a switchboard number and an e-mail address.
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By mistake, the news reached her via a message left on her office telephone.
Times, Sunday Times
His office telephone had been cut off and his mobile calls were monitored.
Times, Sunday Times
A requirement that members pay 15 per cent of their constituency office telephone bills out of their own pockets has now been dropped.
Times, Sunday Times
He answered most of the questions but said that he had 'concerns when they asked for details of my employment, my office telephone number, and in particular my salary'.
Times, Sunday Times
telephone support
Well, according to a new survey customers are paying as much as 14.50 for a single telephone support call.
Times, Sunday Times
It involves eight 50-minute sessions alongside 12 weeks of access to 24-7 telephone support from trained counsellors.
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Employees have access to a telephone support service for help with everything from finding a plumber to managing stress or dealing with bereavement.
Times, Sunday Times
The longest-standing and most successful sales consultant started in 1995 as an office assistant and some of the project management team started as telephone support agents.
Times, Sunday Times
An operative confirmed that she still needed the telephone support team but as the waiting time was 59 minutes she would be better off visiting her nearest branch.
Times, Sunday Times
telephone the police
One witness had got drunk before telephoning the police to complain.
Times, Sunday Times
I telephoned the police twice.
Times, Sunday Times
Returning home he telephoned the police to report what he had seen.
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He immediately went to his nearby home and telephoned the police to report the discovery.
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Despite specific instructions in the ransom note that police and friends not be contacted, she telephoned the police and called family and friends.
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Translations:
Chinese: 电话, 打电话给某人, 电话
Japanese: 電話, 電話をかける, 電話
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