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| answer the telephone v expr | (respond to a telephone call) | SCSimplified Chinese 接电话 jiē diàn huà
TCTraditional Chinese 接電話 |
| | I hoped he would answer the telephone, since he was only 3 feet away from it. |
answering machine,
telephone answering machine,
also UK: answerphone n | (device: takes phone calls) | SCSimplified Chinese 答录机
TCTraditional Chinese 答錄機 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 电话答录机 diàn huà dá lù jī |
| | The message that he left on my answering machine was very peculiar. |
| by telephone adv | slightly formal (by means of a phone call) | SCSimplified Chinese 通过电话 tōng guò diàn huà
TCTraditional Chinese 透過電話 |
| | I've tried reaching him by telephone, but since no one picks up, I'm going over there to see him. |
cellular telephone,
also UK: mobile telephone n | formal (mobile phone) | SCSimplified Chinese 手机 shǒu jī |
| dial telephone n | (rotary phone) | SCSimplified Chinese 转盘拨号式电话机 zhuǎn pán bō hào shì diàn huà jī |
| | In the 1960s the dial telephone was widely replaced by the touch-tone telephone. |
| on the telephone adv | (having a phone conversation) | SCSimplified Chinese 通电话，讲电话，打电话 tōng diàn huà，dǎ diàn huà
TCTraditional Chinese 打電話 |
| | Can you kids please keep the noise down while I'm on the telephone? |
| phone book n | (telephone directory) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话号码簿 diàn huà hào mǎ bù |
| | You'll find their number in the phone book. |
| | Our new local phone book's over three inches thick. |
phone sex,
telephone sex n | (sexual conversation) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话性爱 |
| 备注: "Phone sex" is a much more common expression than "telephone sex." |
| | Wendy caught her husband having phone sex with another woman. |
| public switched telephone network n | (communication network) | SCSimplified Chinese 公用交换电话网 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 公用电话交换网络 |
| public telephone n | (payphone accessible to everyone) | SCSimplified Chinese 公共电话 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 公用电话 |
| | Since cellphones have become common, there are fewer public telephones in many cities. |
| telephone bill n | (invoice for phone use) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话账单 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 话费单 |
| telephone book n | (directory of phone numbers) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话簿 diàn huà bù
TCTraditional Chinese 電話簿 |
| | Do you know where I can find a telephone book? I need to look up a number. |
telephone booth,
phone booth n | US (public phone kiosk) | SCSimplified Chinese 公共电话亭 gōng gòng diàn huà tíng |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 电话亭 gōng gòng diàn huà tíng，diàn huà tíng |
| | Hiding from the gangsters in a telephone booth, he called the police. |
telephone box,
phone box,
call box n | UK (public phone booth) | SCSimplified Chinese 公共电话亭 gōng gòng diàn huà tíng |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 公共电话间 |
| | It is such a shame that they got rid of the old red telephone boxes. |
| telephone call n | (contact by phone) | SCSimplified Chinese 打电话 dǎ diàn huà
TCTraditional Chinese 打電話 |
| telephone cord n | (wire attaching phone handset) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话线 diàn huà xiàn
TCTraditional Chinese 電話線 |
| | Cordless phones allow you to walk around freely because there's no telephone cord. |
| telephone directory n | (book listing phone numbers) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话簿 diàn huà bù
TCTraditional Chinese 電話簿 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 电话号码簿 diàn huà bù，diàn huà hào mǎ bù |
| | I need to look up a number in the telephone directory. |
| telephone exchange n | (where phone calls are connected) | SCSimplified Chinese 电信局 diàn xìn jú
TCTraditional Chinese 電信局 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 电话局 diàn xìn jú，diàn huà jú |
| telephone jack n | (socket for plugging in a phone) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话插口 diàn huà chā kǒu
TCTraditional Chinese 電話插口 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 电话塞孔 diàn huà chā kǒu，diàn huà sāi kǒng |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 电话插座 diàn huà chā kǒu，diàn huà chā zuò |
| | When I accidentally pulled the cord from the telephone jack, the phone went dead. |
| telephone line n | (phone connection) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话线路 diàn huà xiàn lù
TCTraditional Chinese 電話線路 |
| | According to the operator their telephone line has been disconnected. |
| telephone line n | (telegraph wire) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话线 diàn huà xiàn
TCTraditional Chinese 電話線 |
| | You can see telephone lines running for miles along the roads. |
| telephone number n | (digits dialled to reach [sb] by phone) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话号码 diàn huà hào mǎ
TCTraditional Chinese 電話號碼 |
| | When I first met Susan I made sure to write down her telephone number right away. |
| telephone operator n | ([sb] who connects phone calls) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话接线员 diàn huà jiē xiàn yuán |
| | Nowadays most connections are automatic so you rarely talk to a real telephone operator. |
telephone pole,
telegraph pole,
telegraph post n | (structure supporting phone lines) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话线杆 |
| wireless telephone n | (cordless phone) | SCSimplified Chinese 无线电话交换机 wú xiàn diàn huà jiāo huàn jī |
| wireless telephone n | (mobile phone, cellphone) | SCSimplified Chinese 无线电话 wú xiàn diàn huà
TCTraditional Chinese 無線電話 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 手机 wú xiàn diàn huà，shǒu jī |