telephones

英 [ˈtelɪfəʊnz]

美 [ˈtelɪfoʊnz]

n.  电话; 电话机; (电话机的)话筒，受话器
v.  给某人打电话
telephone的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 电话
  Thetelephoneis the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it.
  1. They usually exchanged messages by telephone...
     他们一般通过电话互通消息。
  2. I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be...
     我不敢想象我们的电话费会有多少。
  3. She was wanted on the telephone.
     有人打电话找她。
• N-COUNT 电话(机)
  Atelephoneis the piece of equipment that you use when you talk to someone by telephone.
  1. He got up and answered the telephone...
     他起身去接了电话。
  2. The telephone in Rizzoli's room rang.
     里佐利房间的电话响了。
• VERB 给…打电话;打电话给
  If youtelephonesomeone, you dial their telephone number and speak to them by telephone.
  1. I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry...
     我心里实在难受，觉得必须给欧文打电话道个歉。
  2. They usually telephone first to see if she is at home.
     他们通常先打个电话，看看她在不在家。
• PHRASE 正在打电话
  If you areon the telephone, you are speaking to someone by telephone.
  1. Linda remained on the telephone to the police for three hours...
     琳达在电话里和警察谈了 3 个小时。
  2. We talked on the telephone for quite a while.
     我们在电话里谈了好一阵子。
• PHRASE 装有电话
  To beon the telephonemeans to have a telephone in your house or office which is connected to the rest of the telephone system.
  1. She wasn't on the telephone...
     她没装电话。
  2. Are you on the telephone at home?
     你家有没有电话？

双语例句

• There will be a true global village in which telephones, computers and televisions interact.
  将会出现一个电话、电脑、电视互动的真正的地球村。
• Use a gateway to call telephones and videoconferencing systems
  使用网关呼叫电话和电视会议系统
• It's an open secret that the security service bugged telephones.
  安全部门窃听电话是人人皆知的秘密。
• The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones
  政府通过了允许警方监听电话的法令。
• There are two telephones and a computer in our office.
  在我们的办公室里有一台电脑和两部电话。
• The telephones of radio stations and newspapers were very busy.
  广播电台和新闻报社的电话总是占线。
• Rest areas provide telephones, maps and public information.
  服务区提供电话、地图和公共信息。
• 'Remember that in1973, there weren't cordless telephones, let alone cellular phones.
  别忘了那可是在1973年，当时还没有无绳电话的出现，就更别提移动电话了。
• Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.
  一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。
• How many telephones have you answered today?
  今天你接了几次电话？