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    mobile phone

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Telephone, telegraph
    ˌmobile ˈphone ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]  TCTa telephone that you can carry with you and use in any place 移动电话，手机 SYN American English cellular phone mobile phone users 移动电话用户 →4  See picture of 见图 mobile phone →4  See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里 →5 see picture at 见图 office, technology
    Examples from the Corpus
    mobile phone• It used to be only the City yuppie, but now most people can afford a mobile phone.• The frantic driver was able to get out of his car and call emergency services on his mobile phone.• Ericsson, the world's third-largest mobile phone company, is to halt production of handsets, shedding 11,000 manufacturing jobs.• Cable & Wireless fell 23p to 846p after its Mercury operation launched a new mobile phone service.• There wasn't a dry eye on the terrace-until somebody's mobile phone went off, anachronistically.• Dimension Data rose 4.1 per cent to R52.90 while mobile phone operator M-Cell jumped 76.6 per cent to R26.65.    From Longman Business Dictionarymobile phoneˌmobile ˈphone British English, cellular phone (also cell phone American English)TELECOMMUNICATIONS a phone that you can carry with you, which works by using a network of radio stations to pass on signalsOn a mobile phone, you can speak to other people or send someone a text message, which is sent using a system called SMS (short messaging service) Most mobile phones have a camera, allowing you to take photographs or make a video, and some have an MP3 player for listening to music.Third-generation mobile phones, which are often called smartphones, allow you to access the Internet using WAP (wireless action protocol) and to send and receive emails.You can use a mobile phone on a pay-as-you-go basis, which means that you pay money in advance to get credit. When you have used up all your credit, you have to top up your phone (=pay more money) in order to continue using it. As an alternative, many people choose to have a contract instead. A contract usually lasts for a year or eighteen months and allows you to use your phone for a set number of minutes every month. For this service, you pay a monthly tariff (=fixed amount every month) and you are usually offered an upgrade (=a newer or better phone) when you renew your contract. → phone
    ˌmobile ˈphone nounChineseSyllable
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    mobile phone
    ˌmobile ˈphone S2 W3 noun [countable]

    a telephone that you can carry with you and use in any place
       SYN  cellular phone American English:
        mobile phone users


    🔑 mobile phoneBrE /ˌməʊbaɪl ˈfəʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmoʊbl ˈfoʊn/ 🔊 (also mo·bile) (both BrE) (also cell phone, ˈcellular phone, informal cell NAmE, BrE ) nouna telephone that does not have wires and works by radio, that you can carry with you and use anywhere 移动电话；手机◆Please make sure all mobile phones are switched off during the performance. 请确保演出时所有手机关机。🔊🔊<titled tranID="23" status="2">Phones<chnsep> </chnsep><chn>电话</chn></titled>

    Making and receiving phone calls 打／接电话

    • the phone/telephone rings 电话铃响了
    • answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone 接／挂电话
    • lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver 拿起／拿着／放回听筒
    • dial a (phone/wrong) number/an extension number/an area code 拨打（电话）号码；拨错号码；拨打分机号码；拨打区号
    • call sb/talk (to sb)/speak (to sb) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office 给某人打电话；从家里／工作地点／办公室给某人打电话
    • make/get/receive a phone call 打／接电话
    • take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring) 摘下电话听筒
    • the line is (BrE) engaged/ (especially NAmE) busy 占线
    • the phones have been (NAmE) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently) 电话铃声不断
    • put sb through/get through to the person you want to speak to 给某人接通另一人的电话；打通电话
    • put sb on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to) 让某人不要挂上电话（以便等想找的人接电话）
    • call from/use a landline 用座机打电话

    Mobile/cell phones 手机

    • be/talk on a (both BrE) mobile phone/mobile/(especially NAmE) cell phone/(informal, especially NAmE) cell 用手机讲电话
    • use/answer/call (sb on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell 使用／接听／拨打某人的手机；用手机接收信息
    • switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell 开启／关闭手机
    • charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell 给手机充电
    • a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off 手机开机／关机／响铃／没电关机
    • (BrE) top up your mobile (phone) 给手机充值
    • send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax 发送／接收信息／短信／传真
    • insert/remove/change a SIM card 插入／取出／更换 SIM 卡