ex-directory

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

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ˌex-diˈrectory adjective British English  TCTa person or telephone number that is ex-directory is not in the public telephone book 〔人或电话号码〕未列入电话号码簿的 SYN American English unlisted The number is ex-directory. 该号码未列入电话号码簿。 After several threatening calls, we decided to go ex-directory. 接到几个恐吓电话后，我们决定不再将号码列入电话号码簿了。

Examples from the Corpus

ex-directory• Hopefully, he looked first for Rose Hilaire in the telephone book; no such name, so she must be ex-directory.• It's a well-known fact that in Knutsford the Fire-Brigade is ex-directory.• Luce tore it open and read: When I tried to ring you I was told that the Diomede number is ex-directory.• Through telephone enquiries he discovered that there were plenty of Carrows and Tremaynes in the county and not a few who were ex-directory.• Repeatedly she found he had rung the private, ex-directory line at Camilla's home Middlewich House.• Better still, if you live alone, have an ex-directory number.• The main focus will be on ex-directory numbers, which mean that published directories are incomplete as listings of telephone-owning households.• They are constantly changing their numbers, or going ex-directory to stave off threatening calls.go ex-directory• They are constantly changing their numbers, or going ex-directory to stave off threatening calls.From Longman Business Dictionaryex-directoryˌex-diˈrectory adjective British English an ex-directory telephone number is deliberately not given in a public telephone bookSYN AmE unlistedYou can change your number and go ex-directory (=no longer have your number in the phone book).

ˌex-diˈrectory adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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ex-directory
ˌex-diˈrectory adjective British English
a person or telephone number that is ex-directory is not in the public telephone book
   SYN  unlisted American English:
    The number is ex-directory.
    After several threatening calls, we decided to go ex-directory.

ex-directoryBrE /ˌeks dəˈrektəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌeks dəˈrektəri/ 🔊BrE /ˌeks daɪˈrektəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌeks daɪˈrektəri/ 🔊 adjective (BrE) (of a person or telephone number 人或电话号码) not listed in the public telephone book, at the request of the owner of the telephone. The telephone company will not give ex-directory numbers to people who ask for them. 未列入电话号码簿的（经用户要求电话公司不向询问人提供其电话号码）◆an ex-directory number未列入电话簿的电话号码◆She's ex-directory. 她的名字未列入电话号码簿。🔊🔊  ➡  see also unlisted (2)