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

• Telephones, letters, computers, and answering machine.
  电话，书信，电脑，和留言机。
• Touch-tone telephones have been marketed in America since 1963.
  按键式电话从1963年起就开始在美国销售。
• Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.
  一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。
• Communication network covering the whole county, opened a program-controlled telephones, mobile phones and PHS mobile phones.
  通讯网络覆盖全县，开通了程控电话、移动电话和小灵通无线电话。
• 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。
• 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。
• Rest areas provide telephones, maps and public information.
  服务区提供电话、地图和公共信息。
• This is now easier than ever before, with email and mobile telephones.
  由于有了电子邮件和电话，这比以往任何时候都更容易实现。
• '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。
• It involves computers, telephones, television, satellites, and so on.
  信息技术涉及到计算机，电话，电视，卫星等等。