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dial telephone

/ˈdaɪəl ˈtelɪfəʊn/

翻译: 指用旋转拨号盘拨打电话号码,也泛指用任何类型的电话打电话。由于数字电话和按键电话的普及,这个说法如今已基本过时。

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/ˈdaɪəl ˈtelɪfəʊn/B1formaltechnical已废弃
  • zh指用旋转拨号盘拨打电话号码,也泛指用任何类型的电话打电话。由于数字电话和按键电话的普及,这个说法如今已基本过时。

To operate a telephone by turning a rotary dial to input a number, or more generally to make a phone call using any type of telephone. This phrase is now largely outdated due to the prevalence of digital and touch-tone phones.

  1. Rotary dial telephoneB2formal

    A type of telephone that uses a rotating dial to input numbers, common before push-button phones.

    zh拨号电话

    • My grandmother still has an old dial telephone in her hallway.
    • To call someone, you had to insert your finger into the hole and rotate the dial.
    • Dial telephones are now considered vintage collectibles.