phone box

IPA/ˈfəʊn bɒks/
IPA/ˈfəʊn bɑːks/

phone box — 名詞

1. a small enclosed shelter on a street or in a public area that contains a payphon

1.名詞B1
釋義

電話亭

街上附電話的公共小亭

a small enclosed shelter on a street or in a public area that contains a payphone, so that people can make phone calls when they are away from home or their workplace

例句

Sari used a corner phone box to call for help after her car broke down.

Sari 使用街角的電話亭求救，因為她的車在半路拋錨了。

used + phone box + to call for help

The old phone box near the train station still had a working coin slot.

火車站附近的那個舊電話亭還有可以用的投幣口。

collocation: near + [landmark]

常見搭配
  • phone box on the corner
  • phone box near the station
  • public phone box
  • red phone box
  • old phone box
  • phone box outside [place]
  • use a phone box
  • phone box with a broken [part]
同義詞
  • phone booth

    the standard American English term for the same street-side structure

  • call box

    an American term that can refer to a roadside emergency phone or a standard payphone booth

  • telephone kiosk

    a slightly more formal name, often used in official descriptions

用法筆記

This term is most common in British English; the equivalent American English term is phone booth. Many phone boxes have been removed or repurposed as mobile phone use has become widespread.

常見錯誤

I called from a phone box phone.
I called from a phone box.
The location already implies the phone; adding 'phone' after 'phone box' is redundant.

同根字

  • phone booth
    名詞B1
  • telephone box
    名詞B1
  • call box
    名詞B1
  • payphone
    名詞B1
  • telephone kiosk
    名詞B2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • phone box on [street]
  • phone box outside [location]
  • phone box by [landmark]

常用片語

  • use a phone box
  • call from a phone box
  • remove a phone box
  • find a phone box

介系詞搭配

  • in a phone box
  • outside a phone box
  • near the phone box
  • inside a phone box