Telephone system
[计] 电话系统
🧩 词语组成解析
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
and when I'm ready to go back,
而当我准备好要回去时，
Excuse me, what time will the plane arrive in Tokyo?
对不起，请问飞机何时到达东京呢？
but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.
但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。