1.electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds;
I talked to him on the telephone
2.(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
3.electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear;
it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
1.get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;
I tried to call you all night
一、名词n. 1.电话。 She spoke to me by phone last night. 她昨晚与我通了电话。 2.电话机。 The phone is ringing. 电话在响。 3.听筒,耳机。 二、及物动词vt. 1.打电话给。..[(+up)] I must phone her up tonight. 我必须今夜跟她打电话。 I went back to the motel to phone Jane. 我回到汽车旅馆给简打电话。 2.打电话告知[+that] He phoned me to come at once. 他打电话要我马上来。 He phoned me the good news. 他打电