• n. （美）电话；电话机；电话耳机
• vi. 打电话
• vt. 打电话给…

tele-,远的，-phone,说话，词源同 microphone.

telephone (v.)

1878, from telephone (n.). Related: Telephoned; telephoning.

telephone (n.)

1835, "system for conveying words over distance by musical notes" (devised in 1828 by French composer Jean-François Sudré (1787-1862); each tone played over several octaves represented a letter of the alphabet), from French téléphone (c. 1830), from télé- "far" (see tele-) + phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Sudré's system never proved practical. Also used of other apparatus early 19c., including "instrument similar to a foghorn for signaling from ship to ship" (1844). The electrical communication tool was first described in modern form by Philip Reis (1861); developed by Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), and so called by him from 1876.

1. He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday.

他会为昨天公布的电话民意调查结果感到鼓舞。

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2. "I think I hear the telephone ringing."—"Okay, I can take a hint."

“我想我听到电话铃在响。”——“好的，我明白你的意思了。”

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3. The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.

电话线那头噼里啪啦地传来警察局长短促的声音。

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4. I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.

我把通到他办公室的电话线拔掉了。

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5. He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it.

他慢慢挪向电话机，准备抓起听筒。

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