phones
The phone is an electrical system that you use to talk to someone else in another place, by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it.
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'I didn't tell you over the phone', she said. 'I didn't know who might be listening.'
“我没有在电话里告诉你,”她说,“我不知道还有谁会在听。”
She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone.
她盼望着和女儿通电话。
The phone is the piece of equipment that you use when you dial someone's phone number and talk to them.
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Two minutes later the phone rang.
两分钟后,电话铃响了。
If you say that someone picks up or puts down the phone, you mean that they lift or replace the receiver.
She picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice's number.
她拿起电话听筒,开始拨莫里斯的号码。
phone in
If you phone in to a radio or television show, you telephone the show in order to give your opinion on a matter that the show has raised.
Listeners have been invited to phone in to pick the winner.
邀请听众拨打电话选出获胜者。
If you phone in to a place, you make a telephone call to that place.
He has phoned in to say he is thinking over his options.
他打来电话说他正在考虑他的选择。
If you phone in an order for something, you place the order by telephone.
Just phone in your order three or more days prior to departure.
在出发的至少三天之前打电话预订即可。
phone up
When you phone someone up, you dial their phone number and speak to them by phone.
Phone him up and tell him to come and have dinner with you one night.
给他打电话,叫他哪天晚上过来和你一起吃晚饭。
on the phone
If you say that someone is on the phone, you mean that they are speaking to someone by phone.
She's always on the phone, wanting to know what I've been up to.
她总是给我打电话,想知道我在忙些什么。
phones , phoning , phoned
When you phone someone, you dial their phone number and speak to them by phone.
He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.
他给劳拉打过电话,看她是不是好些了。