英语词汇“to ring off the hook”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Originally U.S. to ring off the hook: (of a telephone) to ring incessantly, esp. because of a large number of incoming calls.

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1942 Atlanta Constit. 22 Mar. 1/4 Chief H. J. Cates, of the city sanitary department, found his telephone ringing off the hook all day with requests to clean catch basins which stop-up sewers.

1977 G. Hunt How to Audition 9 Too often an actor will get an agent, then sit back and wait for the phone to ring off the hook, and wonder why it doesn't.

1989 Science 19 May 768/1 The phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from colleagues who first ask ‘Are you all right?’

2008 K. Fleisher Talking out of School 74 The phone rings off the hook. I pile up the messages for her.

单词	to ring off the hook
释义	> as lemmas to ring off the hook a. Originally U.S. to ring off the hook: (of a telephone) to ring incessantly, esp. because of a large number of incoming calls. ΚΠ 1942 Atlanta Constit. 22 Mar. 1/4 Chief H. J. Cates, of the city sanitary department, found his telephone ringing off the hook all day with requests to clean catch basins which stop-up sewers. 1977 G. Hunt How to Audition 9 Too often an actor will get an agent, then sit back and wait for the phone to ring off the hook, and wonder why it doesn't. 1989 Science 19 May 768/1 The phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from colleagues who first ask ‘Are you all right?’ 2008 K. Fleisher Talking out of School 74 The phone rings off the hook. I pile up the messages for her. extracted from ringv.¹ < as lemmas
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