Telephone Terms电话英语-电话术语

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Telephone Terms : s8 q8 |8 m- P" v" pHere are some of the words and terms that we use to talk about telephoning.

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answer ===================== to say "hello" into the phone when it rings answering machine 9 d7 M1 H: d( f# j1 A/ A1 u======================== 5 Z9 d+ n" v$ f2 H- O! Z something that you can record a message on if the person you are calling isn't home 5 U0 |1 [; f9 r& S b2 s) rbusy signal ======================== ) h2 {9 U9 W w- I8 s3 ]1 d a beeping sound that tells the caller that the other person is already on the phone with someone else : Z, ~3 I: j* g0 Ocall ======================= + K0 l3 w- q& [ a telephone conversation; to telephone 4 n8 P* ^) l x' J5 `4 Tcaller ====================== ( e2 l O& i d the person who telephones r8 b1 b( t2 A( F7 R; J! _7 kcall back/phone 4 ?' u; U' t4 x) g: j0 A1 @, b9 _9 P==================== back to call someone who called you first call display =================== 0 s# Z% e% @4 N5 T. f7 z a screen that shows you who is calling / W0 X8 o7 Y: d$ ]8 l0 bcellular phone/cell phone 9 g* ~, Z, P3 t+ l! W========================= a telephone that you can take with you away from your house; mobile phone cordless phone ========================== a phone that is not attached to the wall (you can walk short distances with it at home or in the garden) 5 i5 k A+ n% p) \; ndial ======================== ! C Y, S8 f* H# o5 M5 }. b to press the buttons on the phone dial tone the sound the phone makes when you pick it up directory/phone . H# N4 L* j- ^) ~7 Q=================== 9 T+ a6 p3 P4 W& k9 Y book a book that alphabetically lists local phone numbers of people and businesses hang up ==================== to put the receiver down and end a call operator 7 G# @8 M6 r" i( h/ x2 Y==================== a person who answers telephone-related questions when you dial "0" 0 R7 J0 B5 y, X9 m- ^& Hpager ================== 4 d' b( R( |) x0 d3 U a small machine you wear that makes a noise (or vibrates) when someone wants you to call them phone ================= 2 E9 V# z3 ~" }2 \7 n+ r7 i; k a telephone; to telephone 1 U8 f6 v* i& [" Bphone booth/pay phone a place where you can pay to use a telephone in public pick up =================== to answer the phone receiver ' I( z4 ?- @* Z================= the piece on the phone that you speak into and listen from ring =============== . X1 N \: Y7 a/ c5 i) e# _+ C the sound a phone makes when somebody calls; to make that sound : u/ N) w0 R; Kringer $ G$ T# ]1 f0 n* c" L4 B=================== the sound-piece that alerts a person that a call is coming through