speakerphone
/ˈspiːkəfəʊn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈspiːkərfəʊn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈspē-kər-ˌfōn/ (ame, mw)
speakerphone — 名詞
- speakerphonesingular
- speakerphonesplural
1. a phone with its own microphone and speaker built in, so you can talk and listen
免持電話
內建喇叭麥克風、免持就能通話的電話機
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.
Gabriel 把免持電話放在桌上，這樣家人都能和奶奶聊天。
set the speakerphone on [surface] for a shared call
During the meeting, the team gathered around a speakerphone in the middle of the desk.
開會時，團隊圍坐在放在桌子中央的免持電話旁邊。
gather around a speakerphone for a group meeting
The office bought a new speakerphone with two microphones for the conference room.
辦公室為會議室買了一台有兩支麥克風的新免持電話。
Mizuki cooked dinner while a speakerphone let her keep talking to her sister.
Mizuki 一邊煮晚餐，一邊靠免持電話繼續和姊姊講話。
An old speakerphone sat in the corner of the meeting room, its buttons worn smooth.
一台舊免持電話放在會議室角落，按鍵都被磨得光滑了。
- 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
擴音模式
把來電聲音外放、讓旁人也聽得到的手機功能
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.
Élise 把媽媽切到擴音模式，好讓孩子們打招呼。
put [someone] on speakerphone
Driving home, Joaquín switched the call to speakerphone and gripped the wheel firmly.
開車回家時，Joaquín 把通話切到擴音模式，雙手緊握方向盤。
switch a call to speakerphone while driving
The doctor was on speakerphone, so Indra's whole family heard the test results.
醫生那頭開著擴音，所以 Indra 全家都聽到了檢查結果。
Please take me off speakerphone — the people behind you can hear everything.
請把我從擴音模式切掉，你後面的人什麼都聽得到。
Owen tapped the screen to turn on speakerphone while washing the dishes.
Owen 一邊洗碗，一邊點螢幕打開擴音模式。
- 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.