- n. 電話；耳機(jī)，聽筒
- vt. 打電話
- vi. 打電話
- n. (Phone)人名；(老、緬)蓬
CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞基本詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?phones;第三人稱單數(shù):?phones;過去式:?phoned;過去分詞:?phoned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?phoning;
助記提示
1. iPhone (蘋果手機(jī)) => phone.
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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.)).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.
- 我拿起了電話，她知趣地進(jìn)了客廳。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
- 如此無(wú)禮的言語(yǔ)讓我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把電話掛了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
- 反詐騙小組的警員們已在電話上安裝了竊聽器，并隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備突擊。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. I answered the phone and this voice went, "Hello? Is that Alison?"
- 我拿起電話，就聽到這個(gè)聲音：“喂？是艾利森嗎？”
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Simon finished dialing and clamped the phone to his ear.
- 西蒙撥完號(hào)，把聽筒貼在耳邊。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句