phone
UK [fəʊn] US [foʊn] noun
ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable (formal telephone)
■a device which uses either a system of wires, along which electrical signals are sent, or a system of radio signals to make it possible for you to speak to someone in another place who has a similar device 电话•Just then, his mobile phone rang.就在那时，他的手机响了。 •Could you answer the phone?你能接电话吗？ •We speak on the/by phone about twice a week.我们一周大约通两次电话。 •You had three phone calls this morning.今天早上有三个电话找你。 •If the phone lines are busy, please try again later.如果电话占线，请过一会儿再打。 ESSENTIAL countable
■the part of a telephone that you hold to your mouth and ear and that you speak into （电话的）听筒•Could you pick the phone up for me - my hands are wet.你能帮我把电话听筒拿起来吗——我的手湿了。 •I left the phone off the hook , so it wouldn't ring.我的电话听筒没挂上，所以没响。 •I was so angry I just put/slammed the phone down (on her) (= replaced it before our conversation was finished).我很生气，就把（她的）电话挂断了。 be on the phone
IMPROVER
■to be using the telephone 在通电话•That son of mine is on the phone all day!我那个儿子一整天都在打电话！ ■UK
■to have a telephone in the home 家里装有电话•Are the Middletons on the phone, do you know?米德尔顿家有没有装电话，你知道吗？
UK [fəʊn] US [foʊn] verb intransitive or transitive
ESSENTIAL
■to communicate with someone by telephone （给…）打电话•She phoned just after lunch.刚吃完午餐她就打电话。 •He's phoned me (up) every day this week.本周他每天都打电话给我。
UK [fəʊn] US [foʊn] verb intransitive or transitive
Phrasal Verbs phone in
WORK
■to telephone the place where you work in order to tell your employer something 打电话到工作的地方（报告某事）•She phoned in sick (= saying that she was ill) this morning.她今天早上打电话到公司，说自己病了。 PROGRAMME
■to telephone a television or radio programme in order to express your opinion on a matter 来电参与（电视台或电台的）节目•Over three hundred people phoned in to complain.300多人打电话到节目倾诉他们的不满。
UK [fəʊn] US [foʊn] verb intransitive or transitive
Phrasal Verbs phone in sth informal often disapproving
■If someone phones in a performance, they do it without any effort 自然而然地（表演），从容地（表演）•The actor phoned in his performance without a hint of personality.这个演员自然而然地表演，没有显露半点个性。
UK [fəʊn] US [foʊn] verb intransitive or transitive
Common Learner Errors phoneRemember that phone is never followed by 'to'.Don't say 'phone to someone', say phone someone :
✗ Phone to me if you have any more questions.Phone me if you have any more questions. |