phone

英 [fəʊn] 美 [fon]
  • n. 电话;耳机,听筒
  • vt. 打电话
  • vi. 打电话
  • n. (Phone)人名;(老、缅)蓬

助记提示


1. iPhone (苹果手机) => phone.

中文词源


phone 电话

缩写自telephone.

英文词源


phone
phone: [20] Phone is of course short for telephone [19], a compound word formed from Greek tēle- ‘far off’ and phōné ‘voice, sound’ (a descendant of the Indo-European base *bha- ‘speak’, and related to English fable, fame, fate, etc). Other English words derived from or based on phōné include gramophone, megaphone [19], microphone, phonetic [19], phonology [18], saxophone, and xylophone.
=> fable, fame, fate
phone (n.1)
1884, shortening of telephone (n.). Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927; phone bill 1901.
phone (v.)
1884, from phone (n.). Related: Phoned; phoning.
phone (n.2)
"elementary sound of a spoken language," 1866, from Greek phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).

双语例句


1. I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.
我拿起了电话,她知趣地进了客厅。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
如此无礼的言语让我火冒三丈,我砰的一下把电话挂了。

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3. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
反诈骗小组的警员们已在电话上安装了窃听器,并随时准备突击。

来自柯林斯例句

4. I answered the phone and this voice went, "Hello? Is that Alison?"
我拿起电话,就听到这个声音:“喂?是艾利森吗?”

来自柯林斯例句

5. Simon finished dialing and clamped the phone to his ear.
西蒙拨完号,把听筒贴在耳边。

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