1the telephoneTCTTELEPHONEthe system of communication that you use to have a conversation with someone in another place 电话SYN phone
by telephone
Reservations can be made by telephone.
可以电话预订。
on the telephone
I’ve never met him, but I’ve spoken to him on the telephone.
我从来没见过他,但我和他通过电话。
over the telephone
I read the names out to him over the telephone.
我在电话里把名字读给他听。
down the telephoneBritish EnglishBrE
He shouted at me down the telephone.
他在电话里对我大喊大叫。
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In everyday English, people usually say phone rather than telephone: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 phone,而不说telephone
She’s been on the phone all evening.
她打了一整晚电话。
Examples from the Corpus
down the telephone• The days when he could demand the detail of everything he owned, barkingdown the telephone, have faded.• I may have crieddown the telephone, but Mme Dragon wouldn't unbend.• She hunteddown the telephone number through directoryenquiries and then rang.• The latest news down the telephone line is that Madonna has just bought one.• Melissa murmured some banalphrases of encouragement and put down the telephone with a feeling of desolation.• Ron had just put down the telephone.• He wanted to rage and swear, to shoutdown the telephone and fire off angrymemoranda.• It is a question of personality, or more precisely how this is projected in the voice down the telephonewires.
2[countableC]TCTTELEPHONE the piece of equipment that you use when you are talking to someone by telephone 电话机SYN phone
The telephone rang just as I was leaving.
我正要走,电话铃响了。
She picked up the telephone and dialled a number.
她拿起电话,拨了个号码。
I said goodbye and put down the telephone.
我说了声再见就放下了电话。
3be on the telephone
a)TCTTELEPHONEto be talking to someone, using the telephone 正在打电话
I was on the telephone when he came in.
他进来时我正在打电话。
b)TCTto have a telephone in your home, office etc 〔家里、办公室里等〕有电话
Examples from the Corpus
be on the telephone• From 6am Brownis on the telephone.• The Sheikharrivedwhile the doctorwas on the telephone to the hospital.• I told him who I was on the telephone.• She loves to be on the telephone.• She must not ask who was on the telephone.
COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
verbs
a telephone rings 电话铃响
The telephone rang, but Tom didn’t answer it.
电话铃响了,但汤姆没接。
answer the telephone 接电话
When I called the house, Mike answered the telephone.
我打电话到家里,迈克接的。
talk on the telephone 打电话
He was talking on the telephone when the doorbell rang.
门铃响时,他正在打电话。
use the telephone 用电话
May I use your telephone?
我可以用一下你的电话吗?
pick up the telephone 拿起电话
nAs soon as she got home, she picked up the telephone and dialled his number.
put down the telephone 放下电话
nBefore he could respond, she’d put down the telephone.
call somebody on the telephone 打电话给某人
nHer son doesn’t even call her on the telephone.
telephone + NOUN
a telephone call 电话
She got a telephone call from Joe last night.
昨晚她接到乔的电话。
a telephone conversation 电话交谈
We had a long telephone conversation.
我们在电话里谈了很长时间。
a telephone line 电话线
nThey didn’t even have a telephone line.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘get/have a telephone from somebody’. Say get/have a telephone call from somebody.
不要说 ‘get/have a telephone from somebody’。而要说 get/have a telephone call from somebody。
put down the telephone• Melissa murmured some banalphrases of encouragement and put down the telephone with a feeling of desolation.• Ron had just put down the telephone.
telephone• For details of your nearesttouristofficetelephone 4127.• He would have to telephone around and see if anyone else had any titbits to add to the mystery.• About five o'clock, a woman telephoned Bernstein.• Write or telephone for more information.• He had tried to telephone his wife once, but without success: the line was engaged.• Advertisements are placed in the press, and potential purchasers are invited to telephone or fill in a coupon for further details.• At 4:45 a.m., neighbors telephoned police to report a man firing shots.• I telephoned Sophie and arranged to have dinner with her the following night.• Police take violators to a special detentioncenter and telephone their homes.• Mr Dodd telephoned this morning.• He wanted me to telephone you at once and ask you to come to Danzig.
➡ see also phoneADJECTIVE | VERB + TELEPHONE | TELEPHONE + VERB | TELEPHONE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤public公用電話▸➤office辦公電話◇The office telephones were all out of order.辦公電話都出了故障。➤cellular, cordless, digital, mobile, portable, wireless手機;無繩電話;數字電話;移動電話;便攜式電話;無線電話▸➤radio, satellite無線/衞星電話VERB + TELEPHONE➤use使用電話◇Can I use your telephone?我能用一下你的電話嗎?➤be on在通話;裝有電話◇Don't pester me now-I'm on the telephone.現在別煩我 - 我在打電話。◇We're not on the telephone, so you'll have to come around to the house. (BrE) 我們沒有裝電話,你得到家裏來一趟。➤have有電話◇Excuse me, do you have a telephone?打擾一下,你有電話嗎?➤answer, get (informal) , pick up接聽電話;拿起電話聽筒◇Hang on-I'll just get the telephone.別掛電話 - 我就來接。➤hang up, put down掛斷/放下電話◇She put down the telephone and burst into tears.她放下電話,痛哭流涕。➤call sb to叫某人接電話◇He was called to the telephone just as he was leaving.他剛要走,這時有人叫他接電話。➤bug, tap竊聽電話▸➤connect, install連接/安裝電話▸➤disconnect切斷電話TELEPHONE + VERB➤ring電話鈴響◇The telephone was ringing furiously.電話鈴聲大作。TELEPHONE + NOUN➤number電話號碼◇All letters should include an address and a daytime telephone number.所有信件中均應包括一個地址和一個白天可用的電話號碼。➤book, directory電話號碼簿▸➤bill電話費賬單▸➤call, message電話;電話信息▸➤conference, conversation, enquiry, interview, poll, survey電話會議;電話交談;電話咨詢;電話採訪;電話調查▸➤contact電話聯繫◇She is in telephone contact with headquarters.她與總部保持電話聯繫。➤helpline, hotline, support電話服務熱線/熱線/支持◇The charity has set up a 24-hour telephone hotline.這個慈善組織設立了一條 24 小時電話熱線。➤company電話公司▸➤banking, service電話銀行/服務▸➤charges電話費▸➤cord, handset, headset, receiver電話線;電話聽筒;電話耳機▸➤cable, line, pole, wire電話電纜;電話線路;電話線杆;電話線➤exchange, network, switchboard, system電話交換機/網絡/總機/系統▸➤operator電話接線員▸➤booth, box, kiosk (BrE) 公用電話亭▸➤tapping電話竊聽PREPOSITION➤by telephone用電話◇Can I get in touch by telephone?我能用電話取得聯繫嗎?➤on the telephone在電話中◇She sounded very distant on the telephone.在電話中她的聲音聽上去非常遙遠。➤over the telephone通過電話◇I don't want to talk about this over the telephone.我不想在電話裏談這個。