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词汇 phone
释义
phone
1. noun
in prison, the toilet bowl in a cell. When the bowl empties of water, it is possible to talk to prisoners in other nearby cells using the pipes to carry the soundwaves AUSTRALIA, 1978
2. verb
► phone it inof an entertainer, to go through the motions; to produce a half-hearted performance UK, 2003
idiomphonehold the phone AmEAmEslang used in order to tell someone to wait a minute:Hold the phone! I've already paid for those classes - I don't owe anything."I need you to help me fix my guitar." "Wait a second. Hold the phone, now. I don't know anything about electric guitars."
phrasephone[phoned, phoned, phoning]
phone around
phone around/round • phone around/round sb to telephone several people, companies etc especially in order to find out about something: Branson spent a frantic evening phoning around friends until he found her. Why don't you phone around and see if you can get a better price somewhere else?■ SIMILAR TO: ring round/around BrE, call around especially AmE
phone back
phone back • phone sb back • phone back sb to telephone someone for a second time or after they have telephoned you: The woman said she'd phone back straightaway. To my surprise, he phoned me back a few days later, and offered me the job.■ SIMILAR TO: call back spoken, ring back BrE spoken, return sb's call
phone for
phone for sth • phone sb for sth to telephone someone and ask them to provide you with something or send you something: She phoned for a taxi, which arrived 20 minutes later. Group bookings available, phone for details.■ SIMILAR TO: call for
phone in 1. phone in BrE to telephone a television or radio company in order to talk during a programme or give your opinions about something: When 'Brookside' showed Barry Grant kicking a dog, hundreds of viewers phoned in to complain.■ SIMILAR TO: call in, ring in BrEphone-in/phone-in programme n C a radio or television programme in which people telephone the programme to give their opinions, or ask or answer questions: Julian is currently hosting his own phone-in programme, 'Intimate Contact With Julian Clary'. A gentleman from Peebles called our phone-in to ask for help with whitefly on his lettuces.2. phone in to telephone an organization such as the police, a hospital, or your place or work in order to report or ask about something: Someone phoned in to the hospital to report the accident. A man called Dario Carella phoned in claiming to have seen one of the suspected terrorists.phone in sick (=telephone your company to say that you are ill and cannot come to work) I felt awful, so I phoned in sick and went straight to bed.■ SIMILAR TO: call in, ring in BrE
phone round
► see phone around
phone through
phone through sth • phone sth through • phone through to telephone someone to give them a message or order, or to give or ask for information about something: Simply phone through your order, and the equipment will be delivered to your house the next day. Ted can work out a market price and phone it through to us.
phone up
phone up sb • phone sb up • phone up to telephone someone and speak to them: I kept phoning her up, asking to see her and the children. Jonathan has just phoned up to say that he'll be late. I phoned up the police and told them about it, but they said there was nothing they could do.■ SIMILAR TO: call up, ring up BrE
See:
  • be on the phone
  • be on the telephone/phone
  • blow up (one's) phone
  • burner phone
  • get on the (phone) extension
  • get on the phone
  • get onto the phone
  • have more chins than a Chinese phone book
  • hold the phone
  • Hold the phone!
  • new phone, who dis
  • on the telephone
  • phone (one) up
  • phone (something) in
  • phone in
  • phone it in
  • phone tag
  • phone up
  • play phone tag
  • talk on the big white (tele)phone
  • talk on the big white phone
  • talk to God on the big white (tele)phone
  • talk to Huey on the big white (tele)phone
  • talk to Hughie on the big white (tele)phone
  • talk to Ralph on the big white (tele)phone
  • Who's on the phone?
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