| 词组 | phone |
| 释义 | phone [phoned, phoned, phoning] phone around phone around/round • phone around/round sb to telephone several people, companies etc especially in order to find out about something: ▪ Branson spent a frantic evening phoning around friends until he found her. ▪ Why don't you phone around and see if you can get a better price somewhere else? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑ring round/around BrE, ↑call around especially AmE phone back phone back • phone sb back • phone back sb to telephone someone for a second time or after they have telephoned you: ▪ The woman said she'd phone back straightaway. ▪ To my surprise, he phoned me back a few days later, and offered me the job. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call back spoken, ↑ring back BrE spoken, return sb's call phone for phone for sth • phone sb for sth to telephone someone and ask them to provide you with something or send you something: ▪ She phoned for a taxi, which arrived 20 minutes later. ▪ Group bookings available, phone for details. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call for phone in 1. phone in BrE to telephone a television or radio company in order to talk during a programme or give your opinions about something: ▪ When 'Brookside' showed Barry Grant kicking a dog, hundreds of viewers phoned in to complain. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call in, ↑ring in BrE phone-in/phone-in programme n C a radio or television programme in which people telephone the programme to give their opinions, or ask or answer questions: ▪ Julian is currently hosting his own phone-in programme, 'Intimate Contact With Julian Clary'. ▪ A gentleman from Peebles called our phone-in to ask for help with whitefly on his lettuces. 2. phone in to telephone an organization such as the police, a hospital, or your place or work in order to report or ask about something: ▪ Someone phoned in to the hospital to report the accident. ▪ A man called Dario Carella phoned in claiming to have seen one of the suspected terrorists. phone in sick (=telephone your company to say that you are ill and cannot come to work) ▪ I felt awful, so I phoned in sick and went straight to bed. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call in, ↑ring in BrE phone round ► see ↑phone around phone through phone through sth • phone sth through • phone through to telephone someone to give them a message or order, or to give or ask for information about something: ▪ Simply phone through your order, and the equipment will be delivered to your house the next day. ▪ Ted can work out a market price and phone it through to us. phone up phone up sb • phone sb up • phone up to telephone someone and speak to them: ▪ I kept phoning her up, asking to see her and the children. ▪ Jonathan has just phoned up to say that he'll be late. ▪ I phoned up the police and told them about it, but they said there was nothing they could do. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call up, ↑ring up BrE |
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