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单词 telephone
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telephone
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A telephone is an electronic device that you use for conversations over great distances. Telephones used to be fixed to walls and connected by cables, but now most people have cellular telephones, known as cell phones or mobiles.
A telephone takes sound waves, converts it into electronic signals, and then converts that back into sound waves — pretty neat. Early telephones frightened people because it seemed spooky that someone not in the room (or even the country) could speak to you, but nowadays distant communication seems perfectly normal. If your mother asks you to telephone her, she wants you to give her a call. The word comes from the Greek words for "afar" (tele-) and "voice"(phone).
WORD FAMILY
telephone: telephoned, telephoner, telephones, telephoning+/telephoner: telephoners
USAGE EXAMPLES
Mr. Mills likes to call her a mix of “Amelia Earhart and Humphrey Bogart — but more Humphrey Bogart,” he said in a telephone interview.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
“There is nothing good about the whole era,” Slusser said in a telephone interview.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Herzog said Monday by hospital telephone that he is being treated for a collapsed lung.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
1n electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
I talked to him on the telephone
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
phone, telephone set
desk phone
a telephone set that sits on a desk or table
dial phone, dial telephone
a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called
extension, extension phone, telephone extension
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
French telephone, handset
telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
pay-phone, pay-station
a coin-operated telephone
radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone
a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
speakerphone
a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time
cell, cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
electronic equipment
equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)
2n transmitting speech at a distance
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
telephony
voice mail, voicemail
a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
call, phone call, telephone call
a telephone connection
call forwarding
lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct
call waiting
a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone
call-back
a return call
collect call
a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for
call-in
a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program
crank call
a hostile telephone call (from a crank)
local call
a telephone call made within a local calling area
long distance, long-distance call, trunk call
a telephone call made outside the local calling area
conference call
a telephone call in which more than two people participate
wake-up call
a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels)
telecom, telecommunication
(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
3v get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
call, call up, phone, ring
call
send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message
cell phone
call up by using a cellular phone
call in
make a phone call
telecommunicate
communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail
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