核心畫面
Picture the device that lets you talk to someone who isn't in the room with you — your voice carried down a line or through the air to their ear. 'Phone' is short for telephone (Greek tele- 'far' + phone 'sound, voice'): sound sent far. From that one object grow the part you hold, and the act of using it.
可以想成那個讓你能和不在身邊的人講話的東西——你的聲音沿著線路或透過空中傳到對方耳朵裡。phone 是 teleph…更多收起
可以想成那個讓你能和不在身邊的人講話的東西——你的聲音沿著線路或透過空中傳到對方耳朵裡。phone 是 telephone 的簡稱（tele 是「遠」、phone 是「聲音」），核心畫面比較像：把聲音送到很遠的地方。從這一個物件，延伸出你拿在手上的那個部分，以及「拿它來打給人」這個動作。原始詞典資料5 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。
phonenoun詞源 1/ˈfəʊ̯n/
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A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
- My phone ran out of battery.
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A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
- It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone
phoneverb詞源 1/ˈfəʊ̯n/
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To call (someone) using a telephone.
- Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
- Her father told her to phone him to pick her up in case it started raining heavily.
- 2
To say via telephone.
- Well, the first I knew, Mr. Cooney phoned he had a buyer for my farm, and wanted to know if he could come down.
- After I wrote the 23ⁿᵈ bout midnite Charles phoned he got my note + could I come over then?
phonenoun詞源 2/ˈfəʊ̯n/
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human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsA speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
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。