trunk call
trunk call — noun
1. a telephone call to someone in a different town or region within the same countr
a telephone call to someone in a different town or region within the same country, usually costing more than a local call and in the past requiring connection through an operator
Chidi made a trunk call from his university dormitory in Manchester to his parents in Cardiff.
make a trunk call + from [place] + to [place], domestic long-distance
Ingrid booked a trunk call through the switchboard operator to reach her company's Glasgow office.
book a trunk call + through the operator (dated context)
Felix remembered keeping trunk calls short because every extra minute added to the bill.
Valentina told her grandchildren that trunk calls were her only way to talk to her sister far away.
João connected trunk calls between cities at the telephone exchange in the 1990s.
- long-distance call
more common and neutral; used in both British and American English, without the dated feel
- national call
modern British telecom term, emphasizes that the call stays within the country
- STD call
abbreviation of Subscriber Trunk Dialling; very technical and rarely used outside the UK telecom industry
- local call
a call within the same local area, charged at the lowest rate
- international call
a call to someone in a different country
文法句型
make + a + trunk + call
用法筆記
A slightly dated term, used mainly in British English. In modern everyday speech, long-distance call or a national call is more common, since most mobile phone plans include nationwide minutes. Trunk call specifically refers to domestic calls — never international ones.