address book

IPA/əˈdres bʊk/
IPA/əˈdres bʊk/

address book — 名詞

1. a program on a computer or phone that stores people's names together with their

1.名詞A2
釋義

通訊錄

儲存聯絡人資訊的電子檔案

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

例句

When Ramón got a new phone, he copied all his contacts from the old address book into it.

Ramón 換新手機時,把舊通訊錄裡的所有聯絡人資料都複製了進去。

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.

Ingrid 在手機的通訊錄裡搜尋她訂房的那間旅館的電子郵件地址。

search address book for [information]

常見搭配
  • update your address book
  • save someone in your address book
  • search your address book
  • address book entry
同義詞
  • 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

I saved his number in my phone's address.
I saved his number in my phone's address book.
An 'address' is a location; an 'address book' is the list or app that stores contact information.

2. a small notebook you use to record the names, phone numbers, and home addresses

2.名詞A2
釋義

通訊簿

記錄聯絡人資訊的小冊子

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

例句

Femi wrote his new address in his address book and showed it to his roommate.

Femi 把新地址寫進通訊簿裡,拿給室友看。

write [address] in address book

The old leather address book on the shelf had phone numbers that were more than thirty years old.

書架上那本舊皮面通訊簿裡有一些三十多年前的電話號碼。

常見搭配
  • write in your address book
  • keep an address book
  • address book entry
  • open your address book
同義詞
  • 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.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • address book entry
  • address book contact

介系詞搭配

  • in your address book
  • from your address book