address book
address book — noun
1. a program on a computer or phone that stores people's names together with their
a program on a computer or phone that stores people's names together with their email addresses and phone numbers, making it easy to find and contact them
When Ramón got a new phone, he copied all his contacts from the old address book into it.
copy contacts from address book to new device
Ingrid searched her phone's address book for the email address of the hotel she had booked.
search address book for [information]
The company's online address book contained the names and phone numbers of over two hundred employees.
Jessica added a new contact to her address book after meeting the project leader at the conference.
My email program shows a list of everyone in my address book when I click the Contacts button.
- contacts list
more common for phone and email software; 'address book' is an older, more traditional name for the same feature
- contacts app
the modern name for the software program that stores contact information on a smartphone
常見錯誤
2. a small notebook you use to record the names, phone numbers, and home addresses
a small notebook you use to record the names, phone numbers, and home addresses of people you know or meet, so you can find them later
Femi wrote his new address in his address book and showed it to his roommate.
write [address] in address book
The old leather address book on the shelf had phone numbers that were more than thirty years old.
Bilal searched through his address book to find a phone number for his cousin in Jakarta.
Grandmother kept a worn address book next to the telephone in the hallway.
Ziad asked his classmates to write their addresses in his address book before the summer break began.
- personal directory
a more formal alternative, sometimes used for an A-to-Z listing in a physical book
用法筆記
This physical sense is becoming less common as most people now store contacts on their phones or computers, but the term is still widely understood and used for any collection of contact information.