telephone

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n. 电话, 电话机 v. 打电话

发音

UK /ˈtɛlɪfəʊn/
US /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/
US /ˈtɛɫ-/
AU /ˈteɫəˌfəʉn/

词形变化

telephones 复数 telephones telephoned telephones 三单 telephoning telephoning 现在分词 telephoned 过去式 telephoned 过去分词

别名

Tel. telefone tx

教材释义与例句

名词

（美）电话；电话机；电话耳机

the system of communication that you use to have a conversation with someone in another place

动词

打电话

to talk to someone by telephone

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance; now usually a device having a dial or keypad with numerals for entering a number, etc., to connect with a person, and means (such as a sound or vibration) for alerting one to an incoming call or transmission; also, the handset or receiver of such a device.

    电话

    可数 媒体 工程 不可数
  2. 2.

    Short for telephone call (“a connection established over a telephone network; a conversation held by the parties on this connection”).

    古体 可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A means of communicating information from one person to another or others.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  4. 4.

    Now chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a simple communication device which converts sounds (usually speech) into mechanical vibrations along a string, wire, etc.

    可数 历史 不可数

    string telephone tin can telephone

  5. 5.

    A type of foghorn used for sending signals in the form of loud tones or musical notes, especially one invented in the 19th century by John Taylor, a captain in the British Royal Navy.

    古体 可数 历史 不可数
  6. 6.

    A communication device consisting of two aligned gutta-percha speaking tubes connected to parabolic reflectors which allows speech spoken into one tube to be sent through the air to the other one, invented in the 19th century by the British engineer Francis Whishaw (1804–1856); also, a speaking tube of such a device.

    古体 可数 历史 不可数
  7. 7.

    A system of communication using musical notes, also known as Solresol, invented in 1828 by the French composer Jean-François Sudre (1787–1862).

    古体 可数 历史 不可数
  8. 8.

    Synonym of Chinese whispers (“a game for several players in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase; (figurative) a situation where something is changed or misunderstood as a result of passing through successive people or processes”).

    加拿大 美国 不可数 游戏 可数
v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To convey (information, a message, news, etc.) using a telephone (noun sense 1).

    打电话

    及物
  2. 2.

    To (attempt to) contact (someone) using a telephone.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To provide (a place) with a telephone system.

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To transmit (sounds) over a distance.

    废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone; to make a telephone call.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

phone telephony

上位词 2

telecom telecommunication

下位词 10

call extension voicemail speakerphone payphone handset phone call call forwarding call waiting deskphone

部分词 2

receiver mouthpiece
动词

同义词 4

call phone ring call up

上位词 1

telecommunicate

下位词 2

cellphone call in

近义相关 1

call

相关短语

mobile phone 移动电话 telephone number [电] 电话号码 telephone conference 电话会议 telephone call [通信] 电话呼叫 telephone directory [法] 电话簿 telephone exchange [电] 电话交换机 telephone operator [电] 话务员 telephone booth [电] 电话亭 telephone box n. 公用电话亭 telephone book 电话号簿 telephone numbers telephone jack [电] 电话插口 telephone pole n. 电话线杆 telephone line [电] 电话线路 telephone kiosk 电话亭; 电话间

词源

The noun is derived from tele- (prefix meaning ‘from a distance’) + -phone (suffix denoting a device which makes a sound), modelled after German Telephon (“early apparatus converting sound into electrical signals”) (dated) (now German Telefon). The word was first used to refer to the modern device in 1876 by the Scottish-born Canadian-American engineer Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922). The prefix tele- is ultimately derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar, far away, far off”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn end-over-end; to revolve around; hence, to dwell, sojourn”). The suffix -phone is ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound; voice”), and Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say; to speak”). Noun sense 4.4 (“system of communication using musical notes”) is borrowed from French téléphone (“kind of megaphone; system of communication using musical notes”). The verb is derived from the noun.

来源：wiktionary