the part of a phone that you hold close to your mouth and ear (电话)听筒,受话器 to pick up/lift/put down/replace the receiver 拿起/放回听筒
Collocations Phonescompare handsetPhones 电话 Making and receiving phone calls 打/接电话 - the phone/telephone rings
电话铃响了 - answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone
接/挂电话 - lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver
拿起/拿着/放回听筒 - dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
- call somebody/talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office
给某人打电话;从家里/工作地点/办公室给某人打电话 - make/get/receive a phone call
打/接电话 - take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)
摘下电话听筒 - the line is (British English) engaged/ (especially North American English) busy
- the phones have been (North American English) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
- put somebody through/get through to the person you want to speak to
给某人接通另一人的电话;打通电话 - put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)
让某人不要挂上电话(以便等想找的人接电话) - call from/use a landline
用座机打电话
Mobile/cell phones 手机 - be/talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell
用手机讲电话 - use/answer/call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
使用/接听/拨打某人的手机;用手机接收信息 - switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
开启/关闭手机 - charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
给手机充电 - a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
- (British English) top up your mobile/cell (phone)
- send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax
发送/接收信息/短信/传真 - insert/remove/change a SIM card
插入/取出/更换 SIM 卡
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the internetb2‘It's your mother on the phone again!’, said John with his hand over the receiver. 约翰用手捂住电话听筒说:“又是你妈妈的电话。” He covered the receiver and mouthed, ‘It's him.’ 他捂着电话用口型示意:“是他。” He slammed the receiver down and burst into tears. 他砰地摔下电话,哭了起来。 She picked up the receiver and put it to her ear. 她拿起话筒,放在耳边。 She took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook. 她深吸一口气,拿起了电话。 The receiver was dangling from the payphone. 听筒悬吊在公用电话机上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- phone
- telephone
- lift
- pick up
- grab
- …
- dangle
- over the receiver
- hold the receiver to your ear
- put the receiver to your ear
a piece of radio or television equipment that changes broadcast signals into sound or pictures 无线电接收机;收音机;电视机 a satellite/GPS receiver 卫星/全球定位系统接收器 To change channel, select the desired number on the receiver unit. 如要转换频道,选择接收器上所要的频道号码。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hand-held
- portable
- GPS
- …
- module
- unit
- antenna
- …
- (British English also official receiver)(
law )法律 a person who is chosen by a court to be in charge of a company that is bankrupt (破产公司的)财产管理人,官方接管人 They had to lay off 200 staff and call in the receivers. 他们不得不解雇 200 名职工,并申请破产管理人协助。 The company has been put in the hands of the receiver. 公司已交由接管人管理。 A receiver was appointed by the court to handle the company’s affairs. 法院任命了一名接管人来处理公司事务。 The company remained in the hands of the receiver. 公司仍由破产管理人管理。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- official
- court-appointed
- administrative
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- call in
- …
- in the hands of the receiver
a person who receives something 接收者 a person who buys or accepts stolen goods, knowing that they have been stolen 购买(或接受)赃物的人 (in American football )美式足球 a player who plays in a position in which the ball can be caught when it is being passed forward see also wide receiverTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2(前传球的)接球手