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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  |