cell phone
noun(also cellular phone, informal cell)
(especially North American English) (British English usually mobile phone, mobile)
a phone that does not have wires and works by radio, and that you can carry with you and use anywhere 移动电话；手机 cell phone users 移动电话用户 I talked to her on my cell phone. 我用手机跟她通话。 The use of cellular phones is not permitted on most aircraft. 大多数飞机上禁止使用手机。
Collocations PhonesPhones 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 interneta1I called his cell phone but no one answered. 我拨打他的手机，但无人接听。 I called his cell phone and then his home phone. 我打了他的手机，然后又给他家打电话。 Vincent's cell phone vibrated in his pocket. 文森特的手机在他的口袋里振动。