C 电话a telephone

　answer〔receive〕 the ～　接电话
　hook up〔install〕 a ～　安装电话
　make a ～　打个电话
　pick up the ～　拿起听筒
　ring sb's ～　给某人打电话
　cordless ～　无线电话
　dial ～　拨号式电话
　push-button ～　按键式电话
　～ book　电话簿
　～ booth　电话亭
　～ box　〈英〉公用电话亭
　call sb at〔on〕 the ～　打电话找某人
　on the ～　在打电话
　call sb to the ～　叫某人来接电话

　She is waiting to answer the phone.　她正在等接电话。
　If you have no other business, you may hang up the phone.　如果你没有其他事，你就可以挂机了。
　Someone waited for you on the phone.　有人叫你接电话。

　vt. & vi.打电话 send a message to sb by telephone

　～ immediately　立刻打电话
　～ suddenly　突然打电话
　～ in　打电话告知
　～ up　给（某人）打电话
　～ sth to　打电话告诉（某人）某事

　If you want me for help, you should phone immediately.　如果你有什么需要帮忙，马上打电话。
　Father is phoning.　父亲在打电话。
　We must phone for a doctor at once.　我们必须马上打电话请医生。
　She phoned her mother last night.　她昨天晚上给她妈妈打了电话。
　I must phone your sister as I promised.　我得给你姐姐打个电话，我说了给她打的。
　Phone her when you arrive at the station.　当你到达车站时，给她打个电话。
　He phoned me to say he could not come.　他来电话说他不能来了。
　Imes phoned that he was going to France tomorrow.　艾姆斯打电话说他明天要去法国。
　Mary phoned that her son was lost.　玛丽打电话来说她儿子失踪了。
　I'll phone you the news.　我会打电话告诉你这消息。
　She phoned me that she was leaving by the first train.　她打电话告诉我说她要乘首班列车走。
　My classmates phoned me that they were coming.　我的同学打电话说他们要来。
　She was phoned the news of her father's death.　她接到电话说她父亲逝世了。
　She phoned the matter to me.　她在电话中告诉了我这件事。
　You'd better phone your reply to me—a letter would take too long to arrive.　请打电话告诉我你的答复，因为寄信要花很长时间。

 ♣ phone in　(v.+adv.)
　打电话告知　send (a message) to some place by telephone
　How many of our salesmen have phoned in so far?　到目前为止，我们有几个推销员打电话来汇报过情况了?
　You should phone in your questions.　你应通过电话把你的问题说一下。
　Haas phoned in the result of the poll.　哈斯打来电话汇报民意测验的结果。
　Listeners to the radio show can phone in their opinions.　收音机的听众可以打电话向电台反映自己的意见。
 ♣ phone up　(v.+adv.)
　〈英·非正〉给（某人）打电话 make a telephone to (sb)
　She phoned you up last night.　她昨晚打电话找过你。
　He'll soon phone you up and tell you all about it.　他会很快打电话告诉你那件事的。

 ♣ phone, call, ring
　这组词都可表示“打电话”。它们的区别是：phone和ring常用于英式英语中， call则常用于美式英语中。例如：
　

　［词源］希腊语phone（声音）