Call-a-matic telephone
[电] 自动拨号
🧩 词语组成解析
call
[kɔl]
v. 呼唤，喊叫;召唤，叫来，召集;下令，命令;打电话给;
n. 喊叫，大声喊;电话联络;必要，理由;要求;
n. 电气自动方式
telephone
['tɛlə'fon]
n. 电话;电话机;（电话机的）话筒;受话器;
vt.& vi. 以电话传送（消息），给（某人）打电话;用电话与（某人）交谈;
tele远，传送+phone声音→远方声音传过来 → 电话
🗣️ 情景例句
Why, yes.
当然可以。
His health has been lousy.
他的健康状况近来很糟。
When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。