单词 | on the phone |
释义 | > as lemmason the phone on the phone adv. (a) connected to the telephone system; (b) engaged in a conversation on the telephone. ΚΠ 1903 Architect 24 Apr. (Suppl.) 28/2 Jersey City is on the 'phone. 1941 G. M. Cohan Seven Keys to Baldpate ii. 89 Get the coroner on the 'phone and tell him to get up here to Baldpate Inn in a rush. 1960 K. Amis Take Girl like You xxvii. 306 A telephone was ringing... ‘Jenny, someone on the phone for you.’ 1976 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 17/3 A 19-year-old youth made an estimated 1,000 fraudulent telephone calls..and was on the 'phone for 63 hours. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Sept. As late as 1969 France had a diabolical phone system, with few public phone boxes,..only 3.5 million lines and fewer than 15 per cent of households on the phone. 1993 Osho Everyday Meditator 47/2 Be a receptacle, a receiving end. Just as you wait on the phone; you have rung, you wait on the phone. 2004 Money (Nexis) June 43 Bilker is regularly on the phone seeking better deals from banks. < as lemmas |
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