Word · Frequency #20483
intercom
内部通话系统；对讲机
a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship
- 1.
An independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
一种独立的电话通信系统,安装于建筑物、综合体或住宅内部及周围,通常用于门禁控制。
- 2.
a communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc
连接建筑物或船舶内不同房间的通信系统
一种独立的电话通信系统,安装于建筑物、综合体或住宅内部及周围,通常用于门禁控制。；连接建筑物或船舶内不同房间的通信系统；内部通信联络系统；内部通话系统；[计] 内部通信
In use
Please call me on the intercom when the client arrives.
The apartment has an intercom at the front door.
She spoke to the security guard through the intercom.
use the intercom to do sth
use the intercom to do sth 表示“使用内部通话系统去做某事”，to 不定式表目的。
You can use the intercom to reach the front desk.
你可以使用内部通话系统联系前台。
hear sth over the intercom
over the intercom 是常见搭配，表示“通过内部通话系统播报或传达”。
We heard the announcement over the intercom.
我们通过内部通话系统听到了通知。
Common mistakes
Can you hear me on intercom?Can you hear me on the intercom?
Connections
Collocations
- intercom system
- 内部通话系统
- The building has a new intercom system.这栋楼有一套新的内部通话系统。
- answer the intercom
- 接听对讲机
- She answered the intercom and let the visitor in.她接听了对讲机，让访客进来了。
- speak into the intercom
- 对着对讲机说话
- Please speak clearly into the intercom.请对着对讲机说清楚一点。
- over the intercom
- 通过对讲机；在广播中
- The pilot spoke to the passengers over the intercom.飞行员通过内部通话系统向乘客讲话。
- press the intercom button
- 按下对讲按钮
- Press the intercom button to call the front desk.按下对讲按钮呼叫前台。
- apartment intercom
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 inter（之间）+ com（communication 通信）：楼内房间“之间”的通信设备，就是内部通话系统。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：office buildings、apartments、ships、schools intercom 是中性常用词，多用于指楼宇、公寓、轮船等内部的对讲或通话系统。日常口语中也可直接指对讲机；在正式书面场合如需更严谨，可换用 internal communication system，但多数情况下直接使用 intercom 就很自然。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 intercom 最后一个音节 /kɑm/ 同音的有 bomb、Tom、mom，都收 /ɑm/。注意形近但音不同的词：income 结尾是 -come，读 /ˈɪnkʌm/；comb 看似 -com，读 /koʊm/；comic 虽以 /kɑm/ 开头，但后面还有 /ɪk/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.