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phone booth

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Telephone, telegraph
ˈphone booth noun [countable]  TCTa small structure that is partly or completely enclosed, containing a public telephone 〔公用〕电话亭4  See picture of 见图 phone booth
Examples from the Corpus
phone boothAs soon as he could, he found a phone booth.You're a millionaire call while in a phone booth in Creeksville-in-the-Boondocks.In a phone booth, Celine gives Robert lessons in sounding demanding and ruthless in his ransom calls to Naville.He was standing in an exposed phone booth.It took him a few minutes to find a public phone booth.He left the phone booth and went quickly out to the street.
ˈphone booth nounChineseSyllable
completely or small is structure that Corpus enclosed, a partly


phone booth
ˈphone booth noun [countable]
a small structure that is partly or completely enclosed, containing a public telephone


phone boothBrE /ˈfəʊn buːð/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfoʊn buːθ/ 🔊 (also ˈtelephone booth) nouna place that is partly separated from the surrounding area, containing a public telephone, in a hotel, restaurant, in the street, etc. (半封闭的)公用电话间,电话亭