TELEPHONE1 to speak to someone by telephone2 to make a telephone call that is paid for by the person you are telephoning3 to telephone someone again4 a telephone call5 someone who is making a telephone call6 when you use the telephone in order to tell someone something7 to end a telephone call8 when a telephone line is busy9 when you want to leave a message for someoneRELATED WORDSsee alsoCONTACTMESSAGELETTERCOMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL1 to speak to someone by telephone 用电话跟某人说话call /kɔːl/ [intransitive/transitive verb] To find out more, call 555-1972. 欲知详情,请致电555-1972。|Can you call Becky before six?请你在6点前打电话给贝姬好吗? Can you call Becky before six? She called about twenty minutes ago. 大约20分钟前她来过电话。call for I'll call for a taxi now. 我这就去打电话叫出租车。call roundBritish /around Americancall several people or organizations, especially to get information 到处打电话〔尤为了取得资料〕 I called round to see if anyone knew where Tom was. 我到处打电话想看看是否有人知道汤姆在哪里。 His secretary started calling around to find out where the commission was meeting. 他的秘书开始到处打电话,想找出委员会在哪里开会。phonealsoringBritish /fəʊn, rɪŋ/ [intransitive/transitive verb] I'll phone you if there's any news. 如果有消息我会打电话给你。 Shall I ring Sarah to see if she wants to come out with us? 我要打电话给萨拉,看看她是否想和我们一起出去吗? Did anyone ring while I was out? 我外出时有没有人打电话来? Jill phoned to tell you she'll see you tonight. 吉尔来电话说今晚她要见你。phone for Let's phone for a pizza tonight. 今晚我们打电话叫个比萨饼吧。phone/ring roundBritishtelephone several people or organizations, especially to get information 【英】到处打电话〔尤为了取得资料〕 You'd better ring round some travel agents to get some prices. 你最好打几个电话到旅行社问问价格。telephone /ˈtelɪfəʊn, ˈteləfəʊn/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to speak to someone bytelephone.Telephone is more formal thanphone orcall, and is used especially in writing 打电话〔给〕〔telephone 比phone和call正式,尤用于书面〕 About five o'clock, a woman telephoned Bernstein. 约5点时有个女人打电话给伯恩斯坦。 For details of your nearest tourist office telephone 4127. 要知道离你最近的旅游咨询处的详细资料,请拨4127。 Mr Dodd telephoned this morning. 多德先生今天早上打电话来。telephone for Write or telephone for more information. 请来函或来电查询详情。ring/phone upBritish/call upAmerican /ˌrɪŋ, ˌfəʊn ˈʌp, ˌkɔːl ˈʌp/ [intransitive/transitive phrasal verb]to speak to someone by telephone, especially in order to have a friendly conversation with them or to ask for information 打电话〔给〕〔尤为了进行友好对话或查询资料〕 Your uncle rang up about an hour ago. 你舅舅大约一小时之前打了电话来。 ‘I don't know what time the last train is.’ ‘Well, phone up and find out.’ “我不知道最后一班火车是几点。”“那就打个电话问问吧。”ring/call/phone up somebody Why don't you call up Jackie and apologize? 为什么你不打电话给杰姬跟她道歉呢? She uses the office phone to phone up her friends in Sweden. 她用办公室的电话打给她在瑞典的朋友。ring/call/phone somebody up John called him up to make sure of the date of the graduation ceremony. 约翰打电话给他确定毕业典礼的日期。 I might phone him up at home. 我可能会打电话到他家。give somebody a callalsogive somebody a ringBritish /ˌgɪv somebody ə ˈkɔːl, ˌgɪv somebody ə ˈrɪŋ/ [verb phrase]spokento speak to someone by telephone - use this especially when you are telling someone that you will telephone them, or when you are asking them to telephone 【口】打电话给某人〔尤用于告诉某人你会打给他们或让他们打给你时〕 Just give me a call if you need anything. 如果需要什么就打个电话给我。 Why don't I give you a ring later and find out when you'll be free? 我稍后打电话给你,问你什么时候有空好吗?make a call/phone call/telephone call /ˌmeɪk ə ˈkɔːl, ˈfəʊn kɔːl, ˈtelfəʊn ˌkɔːl/ [verb phrase]to use the telephone to speak to someone 打个电话 Diana made a quick call to Munich before the meeting. 戴安娜在会议前打了个简短的电话到慕尼黑。 There's a pay phone in the lobby if you need to make a telephone call. 如果你需要打电话,大厅内有个付费电话。 Limit the number of personal phone calls you make at work. 你得限制一下上班时打私人电话的次数。be on the phone /biː ɒn ðə ˈfəʊn/ [verb phrase]to be speaking to someone on the telephone 在通电话,在打电话 Rosie's still on the phone. 罗茜还在打电话。 There's someone on the phone for you. 有人打电话找你。be on the phone to He was on the phone to a friend when he noticed the smoke. 他注意到冒烟时正在和朋友通电话。be on the phone with How long are workers on the phone with customers? 员工在电话上跟客户聊了多久?talk/speak on the phone Marie and I talk on the phone at least once a week. 我和玛丽至少每周通一次电话。have somebody on the phoneto have someone calling you 某人打电话〔找你〕 Mr Rogers, I have Anita Payne on the phone for you. 罗杰斯先生,安妮塔·佩恩打电话找你。give somebody a buzz/ringinformalalsogive somebody a bellBritish informal /ˌgɪv somebody ə ˈbʌz, ˈrɪŋ, ˌgɪv somebody ə ˈbel/ [verb phrase]to telephone someone 给某人打电话 I'll give Larry a buzz. Maybe he'll want to go too. 我要给拉里打个电话,也许他也想去。 Can you give Mary a bell? She rang earlier. 你给玛丽打个电话好吗?早些时候她来过电话。 Give me a ring if you decide you can come. 你要是能来的话给我打个电话。get through /ˌget ˈθruː/ [intransitive phrasal verb]to succeed in reaching someone by telephone 打通〔电话〕 I tried calling my parents, but I couldn't get through. 我想给父母打电话,但是打不通。get through to Did you get through to Mr McWhirter? 你打通了麦克沃特先生的电话吗?2 to make a telephone call that is paid for by the person you are telephoning 打一个由接电话的人付款的电话reverse the chargesalsocall collectAmerican /rɪˌvɜːʳs ðə ˈtʃɑːʳdʒz, ˌkɔːl kəˈlekt/ [verb phrase] Call collect if you need to. 必要的话打对方付费电话。 If something goes wrong, call us and reverse the charges. 如果有问题就打我们的电话,由我们付费。call somebody collect Anyone with information may call Doug Howarth collect at 555-0976. 谁有消息的话可以拨打道格·豪沃斯的对方付费电话:5550976。3 to telephone someone again 再给某人打电话call backalsoring backBritish /ˌkɔːl ˈbæk, ˌrɪŋ ˈbæk/ [intransitive/transitive phrasal verb]to telephone someone again, for example because they were not available when you telephoned them before 再打电话〔给〕 ‘Would you like to leave a message?’ ‘No, that's okay. I'll call back later.’ “你要留个口信吗?”“不了,没关系。稍后我再打来吧。” I'm afraid Mr Jones is in a meeting. Could you ring back in about an hour? 对不起,琼斯先生正在开会。你一小时后再打给他好吗?call somebody back ‘Does Jake want me to call him back?’ ‘No, he said to meet him at eight o'clock.’ “杰克想让我给他回电话吗?”“不,他说8点钟去和他见面。”return a call/phone call/telephone call /rɪˌtɜːʳn ə ˈkɔːl, ˈfəʊn kɔːl, ˈtelfəʊn ˌkɔːl/ [verb phrase]to telephone someone because they telephoned you before when you were not available - use this especially in business contexts 回电话〔尤用于商务场合〕 Gage did not return phone calls from reporters to his office Monday. 盖奇没有回复记者周一打到办公室来的电话。 Dr Shapiro is busy right now, but I'll ask him to return your call when he's free. 夏皮罗医生此刻很忙,等他有空时我告诉他回你电话。try again /ˌtraɪ əˈgen/ [verb phrase]to telephone a number again because someone was already speaking on that line when you telephoned before 〔因占线〕再试〔打〕一次 I've already phoned him twice, but I suppose I'd better try again. 我已经给他打了两次电话,但我想我最好再试一次。try somebody/a number again It's engaged. I'll try her again later. 电话占线,稍后我再打给她试试。4 a telephone call 电话call/phone call/telephone call /kɔːl, ˈfəʊn kɔːl, ˈtelfəʊn ˌkɔːl/ [countable noun] We keep getting calls from newspaper reporters. 我们不断接到报社记者的电话。 One phone call to London got her a job interview. 她给伦敦打了一个电话就得到了一次工作面试机会。 After several telephone calls, detectives traced two witnesses to the accident. 打了几个电话后,侦探们找到了事故的两个目击者。call/phone call/telephone call for Mr Deckard, there's a call for you. Will you take it in your office? 德卡德先生,有一个电话找你。你要在办公室里接吗?long-distance callto or from someone a long way away 长途电话 He made several long-distance calls to Hong Kong. 他打了几个长途电话到香港。local callto someone near you 本地电话 Local calls are free. 本地电话是免费的。5 someone who is making a telephone call 打电话的人caller /ˈkɔːləʳ/ [countable noun]someone who is making a telephone call - used especially by people who work with telephones 打电话者〔尤为话务员使用〕 Did the caller leave a number? 打电话的人留下号码了吗? Hold on please, I have an overseas call for you. Go ahead, caller. 请不要挂机,这里有你的一个越洋电话。请说吧,主叫用户。6 when you use the telephone in order to tell someone something 在电话里告诉某人某事on/over the phone /ɒn, əʊvəʳ ðə ˈfəʊn/ [adverb] You can buy them by credit card over the phone. 你可以通过电话用信用卡购买。 The ticket office told me on the phone that I'd have front-row seats in section D. 售票处在电话里告诉我,我可以买到D区内的前排座位。 I didn't want to go into details on the phone, so we arranged a meeting in my office for the next day. 我不想在电话里说得很详细,因此我们约好第二天在我的办公室里碰面。 Maria started crying over the phone as she told me about it. 玛丽亚告诉我这件事的时候在电话里哭了起来。by phone/telephone /baɪ ˈfəʊn, ˈtelfəʊn/ [adverb]if you tell someone somethingby phone orby telephone, you make a telephone call to tell them it 通过电话 The survey questions 500 people a month by phone. 这项调查通过电话每月访问500人。 Reservations can be made by telephone, but must be confirmed in writing within seven days. 可以用电话预订,但必须在七天内以书面确认。7 to end a telephone call 结束一个电话hang up /ˌhæŋ ˈʌp/ [intransitive/transitive phrasal verb]to finish a telephone conversation or stop it before it has finished by putting down the receiver the part of a telephone you speak into挂断〔电话〕 If a caller is rude, just hang up. 如果来电者粗鲁无礼,就把电话挂断。hang up the phone/receiver I said I'd be right there. I hung up the phone and grabbed my purse and car keys. 我说我马上就去。我挂了电话,就抓起钱包和车钥匙。hang up on somebodyput the telephone down while someone is still talking 挂断某人的电话 Mitchell was furious and hung up on him. 米切尔怒不可遏,挂断了他的电话。put the phone down /ˌpʊt ðə ˈfəʊn daʊn/ [verb phrase]especially Britishto put down the receiver the part of a telephone you speak into after you have finished talking to someone 【尤英】〔通话结束后〕放下电话 There was a long pause, and she was about to put the phone down when the voice came back again. 有一段长时间的停顿,她刚要放下听筒,声音又从里面传来。slam the phone down/slam down the phone /ˌslæm ðə ˈfəʊn daʊn, ˌslæm daʊn ðə ˈfəʊn/ [verb phrase]to put the telephone down while someone is still speaking to you, because you are angry 〔气愤地〕挂断电话 Call her. The worst thing she could do is slam down the phone. 给她打个电话,大不了她把电话砰地挂断罢了。slam the phone down/slam down the phone on He tried to talk to her, but she slammed the phone down on him. 他想和她说话,但是她砰地把电话挂断了。get cut off/get disconnected /get ˌkʌt ˈɒf, get ˌdɪskəˈnektd/ [verb phrase]if youget cut off orget disconnected when you are making a telephone call, the telephone suddenly stops working in the middle of your conversation and you cannot continue 〔电话〕突然断线 We got cut off in the middle of the conversation. 我们讲到一半时电话突然断线了。 I don't know what happened, we just got disconnected. 我不清楚是怎么回事,我们的通话就中断了。ring off /ˌrɪŋ ˈɒf/ [intransitive phrasal verb]Britishto end a telephone call 【英】挂电话 I suppose I'd better ring off now -- we've been on the phone for over an hour. 我想我应该挂电话了—我们已在电话里谈了一个多小时了。8 when a telephone line is busy 电话占线busyalsoengaged /ˈbɪzi, ɪnˈgeɪdʒd/ [adjective]Britisha telephone line that isbusy is already being used by the person that you want to telephone, so you cannot speak to them 【英】占线的 She tried to call Lisa, but the phone was busy. 她想给莉萨打电话,但电话占线。 I called Mom again, but it was still busy. 我再给妈妈打电话,但还是占线。 He tried Nick's suite again. This time the line was engaged. 他又打电话到尼克的套房,这次占线了。 Janice's number is still engaged. She's been on the phone all morning. 贾尼丝的电话还是占线,她一个早上都在打电话。engaged toneBritish /busy signalAmericanthe sound a telephone makes when the person you are trying to call is already using the telephone 忙音 I've been trying to call the customer helpline, but all I'm getting is a busy signal. 我一直试着给客户求助热线打电话,但得到的就只是忙音。on hold /ɒn ˈhəʊld/ [adverb]waiting to speak to someone on the phone who cannot speak to you immediately because they are already speaking to someone else on the telephone 〔在电话上〕等着,不挂断 You're always on hold for about 10 minutes before you get to talk to anyone. 无论跟谁通电话,之前总得等上大约十分钟。put somebody on hold I put Dana on hold while I tried to find Steve. 我在找史蒂夫的时候让达纳别挂断电话。9 when you want to leave a message for someone 想给某人留口信leave a message /ˌliːv ə ˈmesɪdʒ/ [verb phrase] No, she didn't leave a message. 不,她没留下口信。leave a message for Tom left a message for Mike on the answering machine. 汤姆在电话答录机上给迈克留了条口信。can/may I take a message? /ˌkæn, ˌmeɪ aɪ teɪk ə ˈmesɪdʒ/ [verb phrase]spokensay this on the telephone when you are offering to give a message to someone else 【口】要我给你传个话吗? I'm sorry, Mr. Perry isn't in yet. May I take a message? 很抱歉,佩里先生还没到。要我给你传个话吗?text /tekst/ [transitive verb]to send a written message from your mobile phone to someone else's 〔用手机〕发短信 My daughter spends nearly all her time either on the phone or texting her friends. 我女儿几乎把全部时间都花在给朋友打电话或是发短信。 Text me as soon as you get your exam results. 考试成绩出来后马上给我发条短信。voicemail /ˈvɔɪsmeɪl/ [uncountable noun]a system on the phone by which you can leave a spoken message for someone 〔电话上的〕语音信箱 Hi Jen - I see I've reached your voicemail - I'll try and get back to you later. 嗨,珍。我收到了你的留言—我稍后再跟你联系。 I keep my voicemail on most mornings and deal with all my messages in the afternoon. 大部分上午我都会开着语音信箱,下午才处理所有的留言。