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電話
The telephone is the electrical system of communication that you use to talk directly to someone else in a different place. You use the telephone by dialling a number on a piece of equipment and speaking into it.
例句
They usually exchanged messages by telephone...
他們一般通過電話互通消息。
I dread to think what our telephone bill is going to be...
我不敢想象我們的電話費會有多少。
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電話(機)
A telephone is the piece of equipment that you use when you talk to someone by telephone.
例句
He got up and answered the telephone...
他起身去接了電話。
The telephone in Rizzoli's room rang.
里佐利房間的電話響了。
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VERB
給…打電話;打電話給
If you telephone someone, you dial their telephone number and speak to them by telephone.
例句
I felt so badly I had to telephone Owen to say I was sorry...
我心里實在難受，覺得必須給歐文打電話道個歉。
They usually telephone first to see if she is at home.
他們通常先打個電話，看看她在不在家。
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PHRASE
正在打電話
If you are on the telephone, you are speaking to someone by telephone.
例句
Linda remained on the telephone to the police for three hours...
琳達在電話里和警察談了 3 個小時。
We talked on the telephone for quite a while.
我們在電話里談了好一陣子。
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PHRASE
裝有電話
To be on the telephone means to have a telephone in your house or office which is connected to the rest of the telephone system.
例句
She wasn't on the telephone...
她沒裝電話。
Are you on the telephone at home?
你家有沒有電話？