speakerphone
/ˈspiːkəfəʊn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈspiːkərfəʊn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈspē-kər-ˌfōn/ (ame, mw)
speakerphone — noun
- speakerphonesingular
- speakerphonesplural
1. a phone with its own microphone and speaker built in, so you can talk and listen
a phone with its own microphone and speaker built in, so you can talk and listen hands-free while people around you join the same call.
Gabriel set the speakerphone on the table so the family could chat with Grandma.
set the speakerphone on [surface] for a shared call
During the meeting, the team gathered around a speakerphone in the middle of the desk.
gather around a speakerphone for a group meeting
The office bought a new speakerphone with two microphones for the conference room.
Mizuki cooked dinner while a speakerphone let her keep talking to her sister.
An old speakerphone sat in the corner of the meeting room, its buttons worn smooth.
- conference phone
a speakerphone built specifically for group meetings
- intercom
two-way speaker system, but usually fixed between rooms, not for outside calls
用法筆記
Refers to the physical device. Distinguish from sense 2, which is the loudspeaker mode on an ordinary phone — there you switch a normal handset into speaker mode rather than using a separate machine.
2. a setting on a normal phone that plays the caller's voice out loud through a spe
a setting on a normal phone that plays the caller's voice out loud through a speaker, so you can hold the phone away and others in the room can hear too.
Élise put her mum on speakerphone so the children could say hello.
put [someone] on speakerphone
Driving home, Joaquín switched the call to speakerphone and gripped the wheel firmly.
switch a call to speakerphone while driving
The doctor was on speakerphone, so Indra's whole family heard the test results.
Please take me off speakerphone — the people behind you can hear everything.
Owen tapped the screen to turn on speakerphone while washing the dishes.
- speaker mode
everyday way of describing the same setting
- hands-free mode
wider term that also covers headsets and car kits, not just the built-in speaker
文法句型
on speakerphone
put [something] on speakerphone
用法筆記
Almost always used in the fixed phrase 'on speakerphone' with put/switch/take. Distinguish from sense 1: here the phone is an ordinary one and speakerphone is a mode you turn on, not a separate device.