phone

• n. 電話; ヘッドセット、イヤホン
• vt.電話をかける
• vi. 電話
• n.(電話)人の名前；(老、缅)蓬

telephoneの略。

phone

phone: [20] Phone is of course short for telephone [19], a compound word formed from Greek tēle- ‘far off’ and phōné ‘voice, sound’ (a descendant of the Indo-European base *bha- ‘speak’, and related to English fable, fame, fate, etc). Other English words derived from or based on phōné include gramophone, megaphone [19], microphone, phonetic [19], phonology [18], saxophone, and xylophone.
=> fable, fame, fate

phone (n.1)

1884, shortening of telephone (n.). Phone book first recorded 1925; phone booth 1927; phone bill 1901.

phone (v.)

1884, from phone (n.). Related: Phoned; phoning.

phone (n.2)

"elementary sound of a spoken language," 1866, from Greek phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).

1. I took the phone ，and she went discreetly into the living room.

私は電話を取って、彼女は面白そうに応接間に入った。

2.Rather taken aback by such forwardness，I slammed down the phone .

そんな無礼な言葉に腹が立って、私はどんと電話を切った。

3.Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.

反詐欺グループの警察官たちは電話に盗聴器を取り付け、いつでも突撃する準備をしている。

4. I answered the phone and this voice went, "Hello? Is that Alison？"

電話を取ると、この声が聞こえてきた。「もしもし、エリソンですか」

5。Simon finished dialing and clamped the phone to his ear.

サイモンはダイヤルを終え、受話器を耳に当てた。