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/ˈhɑːtlaɪn/ · /ˈhɒtlaɪn/
A special telephone line people call to find out about something or to talk about a problem.
熱線
複數 hotlines
核心畫面
Picture one phone number that skips everything in between: you dial it and you are straight through to someone who can help with this one thing. No department to find, no waiting to be transferred. The 'hot' in it is the speed and the — a line kept open and ready.
可以想成:一支專用的電話號碼,中間的關卡全部跳過——撥下去就直接接到能處理這件事的人,不必先找部門、也不必被轉來轉去…更多收起
可以想成:一支專用的電話號碼,中間的關卡全部跳過——撥下去就直接接到能處理這件事的人,不必先找部門、也不必被轉來轉去。名字裡的 hot 指的就是那份「隨時通、馬上到」的直接感:這條線一直開著等你打。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hotlinenoun
- 1
A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.
- If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline.
- [M]any mobile phone companies have nuisance call hotlines, to which you can report a bully's phone number.
- 2
A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency.
hotlineverb
- 1
To communicate over a telephone hotline.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。