area code

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Telephone, telegraph

ˈarea ˌcode noun [countable]  TCTnumbers you use before a phone number when you phone someone in a different area of the country 〔电话的〕地区代号[编码]

Examples from the Corpus

area code• Public meetings will be held in San Diego in November to discuss possible boundaries for the next 619 area code split.• Prefix changes Telephone customers with these prefixes have been switched to the new 760 area code.• It suggested dialing 10-321 before 1 and the area code.• And the area code showed it was in Dusseldorf - 70 miles away.• The full name and address to which the account must be paid and also its telephone number complete with area code.• Beginning tomorrow, you have to deal with area code 760.

ˈarea ˌcode nounChineseSyllable  

phone use before Corpus number numbers a you

area code
ˈarea ˌcode noun [countable]
numbers you use before a phone number when you phone someone in a different area of the country

area codeBrE /ˈeəriə kəʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeriə koʊd/ 🔊 nounthe numbers for a particular area or city, which you use when you are making a telephone call from outside the local area （电话的）地区代码，区号  ➡  compare dialling code

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