phone: [20] Phone is of course short for telephone [19], a compound word formed from Greek tēle- ‘far off’ and phōné ‘voice, sound’ (a descendant of the Indo-European base *bha- ‘speak’, and related to English fable, fame, fate, etc). Other English words derived from or based on phōné include gramophone, megaphone [19], microphone, phonetic [19], phonology [18], saxophone, and xylophone. => fable, fame, fate
phone (n.1)
1884, shortening of telephone (n.). Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927; phone bill 1901.
phone (v.)
1884, from phone (n.). Related: Phoned; phoning.
phone (n.2)
"elementary sound of a spoken language," 1866, from Greek phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).
雙語例句
1. I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.
我拿起了電話，她知趣地進了客廳。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
如此無禮的言語讓我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把電話掛了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
反詐騙小組的警員們已在電話上安裝了竊聽器，并隨時準備突擊。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I answered the phone and this voice went, "Hello? Is that Alison?"
我拿起電話，就聽到這個聲音：“喂？是艾利森嗎？”
來自柯林斯例句
5. Simon finished dialing and clamped the phone to his ear.