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

• 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。
• For example, many people in developing countries have gone from no telephones to wireless communications.
  举个例子，发展中国家的很多人从没有电话的生活一下子过渡到了无线电通信。
• Long queues for public telephones have almost disappeared and been replaced by the ubiquitous mobile phone.
  要求安装公用电话的长队几乎消失了，取而代之的是无处不在的手机。
• Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.
  一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。
• 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。
• 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。
• Telephones changed the way businesses operate.
  电话改变了企业运营的方式。
• Computers, telephones, television, satellites.
  计算机、电话、电视和卫星。
• Some telephones and typewriters are on the desks.
  桌上有几部电话和打字机。
• Cellular telephones are portable units that can be used away from home.
  手机是出门在外也可以使用的便携装置。