phones
phones — 名詞
- phonessingular
- phonesesplural
1. a piece of electronic equipment that uses wires or radio signals to let you spea
電話
用於遠距離通話的設備
a piece of electronic equipment that uses wires or radio signals to let you speak to someone who is in a different place
Emre picked up the phone and called his mother to say he would be late.
Emre 拿起電話打給媽媽，說他會晚點到。
collocation: pick up the phone
The phone on Marta's desk rang three times before she answered it.
Marta 桌上的電話響了三聲她才接。
subject: the phone on [person]'s desk
Sade could hear the phone ringing as she walked up the garden path.
Sade 走進花園小徑時聽到電話鈴聲。
Asher left his phone on the kitchen table and forgot to take it to work.
Asher 把手機留在廚房桌上，忘記帶去上班。
- pick up the phone
- answer the phone
- put down the phone
- phone rings
用法筆記
Countable. Often used with 'the' when referring to a specific device ('the phone on the wall') or as an uncountable abstraction when referring to the system ('by phone', 'over the phone').
常見錯誤
2. the act of communicating with someone by calling them on a telephone
通話
用電話交談的行為
the act of communicating with someone by calling them on a telephone
Lan sorted out the hotel booking by phone instead of going to the office.
Lan 用電話辦好旅館訂房，沒有親自去櫃檯。
pattern: by phone (method adverbial)
Ava was on the phone with her brother for almost an hour last night.
Ava 昨晚跟弟弟講了將近一個小時的電話。
pattern: on the phone with [person]
Ezra prefers to handle customer service matters by phone rather than by email.
Ezra 比較喜歡用電話處理客服問題，而不是用電子郵件。
Elena discussed the details of the contract on the phone with her lawyer.
Elena 在電話上和律師討論合約細節。
- by phone
- on the phone
- over the phone
- telephone call
a more formal noun phrase for the same concept
- call
shorter and more informal, used as both noun and verb
文法句型
by phone
on the phone
用法筆記
Uncountable. Used only in the prepositional phrases 'by phone' and 'on the phone'. Cannot be used with an article (*a phone* for the activity) or in plural.
常見錯誤
3. a telephone that is connected to a network by wires inside a building, rather th
市內電話
連接有線線路的家用電話
a telephone that is connected to a network by wires inside a building, rather than using mobile signals
Faisal still keeps a landline phone in his apartment for emergencies.
Faisal 家裡仍保留一支市內電話以備緊急情況。
collocation: landline phone
The landline stopped working after the storm damaged the cables outside.
那支市內電話在暴風雨損壞了外面的電纜後就不能用了。
Quan's grandparents only have a landline and do not own any mobile phones.
Quan 的祖父母只有市內電話，沒有手機。
Zuri picked up the landline to call the clinic because her mobile battery was dead.
Zuri 拿起市內電話打給診所，因為她的手機沒電了。
- landline phone
- landline number
- landline service
- fixed-line phone
a more technical term for the same concept
- mobile phone
a portable phone that uses cellular signals rather than wires
用法筆記
Often modifies another noun as 'landline phone' or 'landline number'. Contrasts with 'mobile phone' / 'cell phone'.
4. the state of spending time on a mobile device doing things like texting, playing
手機使用
用手機做各種事的行為
the state of spending time on a mobile device doing things like texting, playing games, browsing websites, or watching videos, often when you should be paying attention to people or events around you
The teacher told the students to put their phones away during the lesson.
老師要學生上課時把手機收起來。
collocation: put [possessive] phone away
A teenager on the bus was on her phone the whole journey, scrolling through videos.
公車上一個青少年整趟都在看手機、滑影片。
pattern: on [possessive] phone
The tour guide asked everyone to keep their phones silent during the museum visit.
導遊請大家在參觀博物館時將手機調成靜音。
An office worker checked her phone for messages while waiting for the lift.
一位上班族等電梯時看了一下手機有沒有訊息。
- on [possessive] phone
- put [possessive] phone away
- check [possessive] phone
文法句型
on [possessive] phone
用法筆記
Informal. The phrase 'on your phone' describes using it for entertainment or communication. This sense overlaps with sense 2 but is specific to mobile devices used for many purposes beyond calls.
常見錯誤
5. a single, physically distinct unit of speech sound that is studied in phonetics,
音素；語音
語音學中的單個語音單位
a single, physically distinct unit of speech sound that is studied in phonetics, considered without regard to whether it changes the meaning of a word
Linguistics students learn to identify each phone by where in the mouth it is produced.
語言學系的學生學習根據發音部位來辨識每個音素。
domain: linguistics / phonetics
The word 'butter' contains four distinct phones in most standard English accents.
在大部分標準英語口音中，butter 這個詞包含四個不同的音素。
The professor asked the class to transcribe each phone using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
教授要求全班用國際音標寫下每個音素。
A phone is the smallest speech sound that a machine can record and measure.
音素是機器可以記錄和測量的最小語音片段。
- distinct phone
- identify a phone
- transcribe a phone
- phone inventory
- speech sound
a non-technical term for the same concept, easier for general readers
- segment
another technical term for an individual phone in the speech stream
用法筆記
Technical term in phonetics. Distinct from 'phoneme', which is a sound unit that makes a difference in meaning between words (e.g. /p/ and /b/ in 'pat' vs 'bat'). A phone is the physical sound itself, regardless of meaning.
常見錯誤
6. a device worn over or placed inside the ears that turns electrical signals into
耳機
戴在耳上聽聲音的裝置
a device worn over or placed inside the ears that turns electrical signals into sound, allowing you to listen to music, calls, or other audio without other people hearing it
The passenger put on her phones and listened to music during the flight.
那位乘客戴上耳機，在飛行途中聽音樂。
collocation: put on [possessive] phones
A musician took off his phones after checking the final recording of the song.
一名音樂家檢查完歌曲的最後錄音後把耳機拿下來。
The jogger could not hear the traffic because she had her phones on.
那位慢跑者戴著耳機，所以沒聽到車聲。
The flight attendant asked passengers to remove their phones for takeoff and landing.
空服員請乘客在起飛和降落時取下耳機。
- put on phones
- take off phones
- a pair of phones
- wireless phones
- headphones
the full, more common term for over-ear audio devices
- earphones
small devices that sit inside the ear rather than over it
- headset
headphones that also include a microphone
用法筆記
Used in plural form only. Informally shortened from 'headphones' or 'earphones'. Often paired with 'a pair of phones' when referring to a single unit.
常見錯誤
phones — 動詞
- phonespresent simple I / you / we / they
- phoneses3rd person singular
- phonesing-ing form
- phonesedpast simple
1. to speak to someone by using a telephone in order to give or get information
打電話
用電話聯繫某人
to speak to someone by using a telephone in order to give or get information
The manager phoned the supplier to ask about the delayed delivery.
經理打電話給供應商，詢問出貨延誤的情況。
transitive: phone + person + to-infinitive (purpose)
The receptionist phoned for a taxi as soon as the guest asked.
櫃檯人員一接到客人要求就打電話叫計程車。
intransitive: phone + for + thing
The nurse phoned the doctor to report the patient's test results.
護理師打電話給醫生，報告病人的檢驗結果。
The taxi driver phoned his office to report being late for his next job.
計程車司機打電話回公司回報下一個行程會遲到。
- phone [someone]
- phone for [something]
- phone back
- phone in
文法句型
phone + person
phone + person + for + reason
用法筆記
In British English, 'phone' is more common in everyday speech than 'telephone'. In American English, 'call' is used far more frequently than 'phone' as a verb.
常見錯誤
同根字
- phone名詞A1
- phone動詞A1
- telephone名詞A1
- telephone動詞A1
- smartphone名詞A2
- cellphone名詞A2
- headphone名詞A2
- earphone名詞B1
- microphone名詞B1
- phonetic形容詞C1
- phoneme名詞C1
- homophone名詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- phone call
- phone number
- phone line
- phone book
- phone bill
常用片語
- answer the phone
- pick up the phone
- put down the phone
- get on the phone
- be on the phone
介系詞搭配
- by phone
- on the phone
- over the phone
- through the phone