Word · Frequency #1327
telephones
电话；电话机
telephones is the plural of telephone.
核心释义
指具体的通话设备
a device that changes sound into electrical signals and sends them over a distance, allowing people to talk to each other
- 1.
A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance; now usually a device having a dial or keypad with numerals for entering a number, etc., to connect with a person, and means (such as a sound or vibration) for alerting one to an incoming call or transmission; also, the handset or receiver of such a device.
- 2.
将声音转换为电信号并传输的电子设备
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
- 3.
A means of communicating information from one person to another or others.
- 4.
远距离传输语音
transmitting speech at a distance
电话；电话通信；将声音转换为电信号并传输的电子设备；远距离传输语音；电话；电话机
用法In use
I left my telephone on the kitchen table this morning.
用法提示：此句中的 telephone 是名词，指具体的电话机。
She picked up the telephone and called her mother.
用法提示：此句中的 telephone 是名词，指通话设备。
The telephone on the desk rang three times before he answered it.
用法提示：此句中的 telephone 是名词，指桌上那部电话机。
I talked to him on the telephone
by telephone
by telephone表示通讯方式，不加冠词。
I contacted her by telephone.
我通过电话联系了她。
telephone someone
telephone可作及物动词，直接接人。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- answer the telephone
- 接电话
- She is too busy to answer the telephone right now.她现在太忙了，无法接电话。
- on the telephone
- 在打电话
- He's on the telephone with his mother.他正在和他母亲通电话。
- telephone call
- 电话通话
- I received a telephone call from my boss.我接到了老板的电话。
- telephone number
- 电话号码
- Please write down your telephone number.请写下你的电话号码。
- telephone line
- 电话线路
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
tele表示远（如电视），phone表示声音，合起来就是电话——远距离传声。
语境与语域Context & Register
日常通讯
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，常用单数形式指电话系统或电话机。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the unstressed ending '-phone' pronounced /foʊn/. However, the stressed vowels differ (e.g., /ɛ/ in 'telephone' and 'headphone', /aɪ/ in 'microphone', /æ/ in 'saxophone', /aɪ/ in 'xylophone', /ɪ/ in 'earphone'), so they are not perfect rhymes.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.