tel‧e‧phone 1 S1 W2 / teləfəʊn, telɪfəʊn $ -foʊn / 名词

1 the telephone the system of communication that you use to have a conversation with someone in another place 同义词 phone

by telephone

Reservations can be made by telephone.

on the telephone

I’ve never met him, but I’ve spoken to him on the telephone.

over the telephone

I read the names out to him over the telephone.

down the telephone British English :

He shouted at me down the telephone.

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In everyday English, people usually say phone rather than telephone :

She’s been on the phone all evening.

2 [可数名词] the piece of equipment that you use when you are talking to someone by telephone 同义词 phone :

The telephone rang just as I was leaving.

She picked up the telephone and dialled a number.

I said goodbye and put down the telephone .

3 be on the telephone

a) to be talking to someone, using the telephone :

I was on the telephone when he came in.

b) to have a telephone in your home, office etc

COLLOCATIONS

动词

a telephone rings The telephone rang, but Tom didn’t answer it.

answer the telephone When I called the house, Mike answered the telephone.

talk on the telephone He was talking on the telephone when the doorbell rang.

use the telephone May I use your telephone?

pick up the telephone As soon as she got home, she picked up the telephone and dialled his number.

put down the telephone Before he could respond, she’d put down the telephone.

call somebody on the telephone Her son doesn’t even call her on the telephone.

telephone + NOUN

a telephone call She got a telephone call from Joe last night.

a telephone conversation We had a long telephone conversation.

a telephone line They didn’t even have a telephone line.

COMMON ERRORS

► Do not say ’ get/have a telephone from somebody ‘. Say get/have a telephone call from somebody .