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English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)

telephone
['tεlɪ,fəυn]
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  • 1. telephone set an electrical device for transmitting speech, consisting of a microphone and receiver mounted on a handset
  • 2. ( as modifier )
  • 3. a worldwide system of communications using telephones. The microphone in one telephone converts sound waves into electrical signals that are transmitted along a telephone wire or by radio to one or more distant sets, the receivers of which reconvert the incoming signal into the original sound
  • 4. ( as modifier )
  • 5. See telephone box
  • 6. to call or talk...

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Examples (1-5 of 11)

a telephone box or callbox box
she'd telephone if she could could
the telephone jangled jangle
next, he started to unscrew the telephone receiver next
a telephone number number

Vocab List (1 of 6)

telephone
from 阿南's Vocab List
  • 电话

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