telephone meaning in English
n.
电话(机)。 a dial telephone 自动电话。 a public telephone 公用电话。 a telephone booth [box] (公用)电话亭。 a telephone directory [book] 电话用户号码簿。 a telephone operator 话务员。 a telephone receiver (电话)听筒。 a telephone set 电话机。 a telephone subscriber 电话用户。 a telephone transmitter (电话)话筒。 speak to sb. over the telephone 和某人通电话。 You are wanted on the telephone. 请你去接电话。 by telephone 用电话。 call (sb.) on the telephone 给(某人)打电话。 call sb. to the telephone 叫某人听电话。 talk on [over] the telephone 打电话，通电话。
vt.
打电话给某人，把某事用电话通知某人。
vi.
给某人打电话 (to)。 telephone the secretary 打电话给秘书。 telephone a message to sb. 打电话给某人告诉他一项消息。 He telephoned that he would come in the afternoon. 他打电话来说他下午来。
Examples
- The telephone started drilling all of a sudden .
电话突然嗡嗡响起来。 - Moments later the telephone buzzed .
过了一会儿，电话嗡嗡地响了起来。 - Telephone service was disrupted for hours .
电话中断了好几个小时。 - The telephone is fully operational again .
电话又完全可以使用了。 - He 'll telephone me the instant he knows .
他一得到消息会即刻电告我的。