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单词 telephone book
释义

telephone book

noun

: a book listing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of telephone customers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But in all fairness, Catherine Keener would be great just reading a telephone book. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022 Another recurring theme in the book brings to mind William F. Buckley’s pronouncement (which has many versions) that he would rather be governed by names taken from the telephone book than by the Harvard faculty. Fred O’brien, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022 Facebook has become the telephone book (and birthday calendar) of the Internet. Joanna Stern, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2021 The telephone book of that year lists 19 Food Fair stores, a competing chain based in Philadelphia but well known throughout Baltimore for its distinctive pylon architecture and aggressive marketing campaigns. Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 10 July 2021 Then the Restoration Hardware catalogue arrives, like a parody of the whole problem, in two volumes, each the size of a telephone book. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2020 Hazmi was even listed in the San Diego telephone book. Tim Golden, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2020 The disappearance of the telephone book is not the only relevant change. Judith Martin, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019 The system will contact anyone in the white pages of a telephone book and those who have registered their smart phone devices with the town to receive messages. Peter Marteka, courant.com, 9 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

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