1 [U] =TELEPHONE(1)a phone conversation 电话交谈;通电话 ·
You can book the tickets over the/by phone.你可用电话订票。
2 [C] = TELEPHONE(2)The phone is ringing -- could you answer it?电话铃在响,你去接好吗?
phoneverb [I,T]
Did anybody phone while I was out?我不在时有人打电话来吗?Could you phone the restaurant and book a table?你打电话到那饭店订一个桌子可以吗? [SYN] ring or call 同义词为ring或call
on the phone/telephone
1 using the telephone 在打电话
2 having a telephone in your home (家里)装有电话:
I'll have to write to her because she's not on the phone.她家里没有电话,我得写信给她。