- [countable, uncountable]
a system for talking to somebody else over long distances, using wires or radio; a machine used for this 电话；电话机 The telephone rang and Pat answered it. 电话响起，帕特接了。 I need to make a telephone call. 我得打个电话。 - over the telephone
You can reserve seats over the telephone. 你可以打电话预订座位。 - by telephone
Can I get in touch by telephone? 我能用电话取得联系吗？ - on the telephone
They talk on the telephone much more often than they meet. 他们打电话的次数比见面的次数多得多。 She spoke by telephone to the French President. 她和法国总统通过电话。 a telephone conversation/interview 电话交谈/采访 telephone lines/services 电话线/服务
Collocations Phonessee also radio-telephonePhones 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 interneta1All letters should include an address and a daytime telephone number. 所有信件中均应包括一个地址和一个白天可用的电话号码。 Can I use your telephone? 我能用一下你的电话吗？ Excuse me, do you have a telephone? 打扰一下，你有电话吗？ Hang on—I'll just get the telephone. 别挂电话 － 我就来接。 He was called to the telephone just as he was leaving. 他刚要走，这时有人叫他接电话。 She is in telephone contact with headquarters. 她与总部保持电话联系。 The charity has set up a 24-hour telephone helpline. 这个慈善组织设立了一条24 小时电话求助热线。 The office telephones were all out of order. 办公电话都出了故障。 The telephone was ringing furiously. 电话铃声大作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- office
- cellular
- …
- use
- be on
- have
- …
- ring
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by telephone
- on the telephone
- over the telephone
- …
- [countable]
the part of the phone that you hold in your hand and speak into （电话机的）受话器，听筒 I picked up the telephone and called some people I knew. 我拿起电话，给一些我认识的人打了电话。 She put down the telephone and burst into tears. 她放下电话，痛哭流涕。 I've been trying to phone him all day—he must have left his telephone off the hook. 一整天我都在给他打电话——他一定没把电话听筒挂好。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- office
- cellular
- …
- use
- be on
- have
- …
- ring
- number
- book
- directory
- …
- by telephone
- on the telephone
- over the telephone
- …
Idioms
be on the telephone
to be using the phone 在打电话；在通电话 He's on the telephone at the moment. 他正在打电话。 You're wanted (= somebody wants to speak to you) on the telephone. 有人打电话找你。
- (British English, old-fashioned)
to have a phone in your home or place of work （在家里或工作单位）装有电话机的 We were not on the telephone at the cottage. 我们没有在小屋打电话。