dial
n. 刻度盘, 钟面, 转盘 v. 拨
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词形变化
教材释义与例句
转盘；刻度盘；钟面
the round part of a clock, watch, machine etc that has numbers that show you the time or a measurement
拨号
to press the buttons or turn the dial on a telephone in order to make a telephone call
给…拨号打电话
释义与例句
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1.
A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
Holonyms: (often holonymous) instrument, gauge
The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas.
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2.
A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
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3.
A sundial.
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4.
A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
刻度盘
Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on!
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5.
A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
拨号盘
His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.
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6.
A person's face.
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7.
A miner's compass.
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1.
To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
及物The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.
The president has recently dialled down the rhetoric.
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2.
To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
拨
打电话
及物In an emergency dial 999.
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3.
To use a dial or a telephone.
不及物Please be careful when dialling.
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4.
To initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database.
及物The application failed when attempting to dial the Postgres server, because there were too many open connections.
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5.
To use a dial-up modem to connect a personal computer to the Internet.
过时 不及物I always check my guestbook when I dial, just in case anyone saw my Web site.
词汇关系
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部分词 1
整体词 3
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词源
The original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial'; from Middle English diall, from Middle French dyal, from Latin diālis (“daily, concerning the day”), because of its use in telling the time of day, from Latin diēs (“day”). Compare Spanish dial and día (“day”).
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