phone

英 [fəʊn]美 [fon]

n. 电话；耳机，听筒

vt. 打电话

vi. 打电话

n. (Phone)人名；(老、缅)蓬

助记提示

1. iPhone (苹果手机) => phone.

中文词源

phone 电话

缩写自telephone.

英文词源

phone

phone: [20] Phone is of course short for telephone [19], a compound word formed from Greek tēle- ‘far off’ and phōné ‘voice, sound’ (a descendant of the Indo-European base *bha- ‘speak’, and related to English fable, fame, fate, etc). Other English words derived from or based on phōné include gramophone, megaphone [19], microphone, phonetic [19], phonology [18], saxophone, and xylophone.
=> fable, fame, fate

phone (n.1)

1884, shortening of telephone (n.). Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927; phone bill 1901.

phone (v.)

1884, from phone (n.). Related: Phoned; phoning.

phone (n.2)

"elementary sound of a spoken language," 1866, from Greek phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).

双语例句

1. I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.

我拿起了电话，她知趣地进了客厅。

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2. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.

如此无礼的言语让我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把电话挂了。

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3. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.

反诈骗小组的警员们已在电话上安装了窃听器，并随时准备突击。

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4. I answered the phone and this voice went, "Hello? Is that Alison?"

我拿起电话，就听到这个声音：“喂？是艾利森吗？”

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5. Simon finished dialing and clamped the phone to his ear.

西蒙拨完号，把听筒贴在耳边。

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