be on the telephone

释义

1. 牛津电影里 75%

   在打电话；在通电话

   to be using the telephone

   Mrs. Matuschek on the telephone.

电影里这样说 · 16 部

• Mrs. Matuschek on the telephone.The Shop Around the Corner1940
• It's very urgent. Just get him on the telephone.The Third Man1949
• We couldn't even talk to each other on the telephone.Double Indemnity1944
• And in the case of the telephone,The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• Uh, they telephoned.Downton Abbey2019
• You want to make a telephone, it's got telephones.Donnie Brasco1997
• This is radio, telephone...The Spanish Prisoner1997
• Except for the books and the telephone.We Bought a Zoo2011

在完整场景里学

• 街角的商店1940
  • 清早到店同事互相打趣：make something out of nothing（无中生有）
  • 念匿名笔友来信：earn one's daily bread（谋生）
  • 为唱歌的烟盒吵翻天：make up your mind（拿定主意）
• 第三人1949
  • 酒吧里被揭穿挚友真面目：racketeer（搞勒索的恶棍）
  • 旅馆里被拉去讲座：hunt someone down（一路追捕）
  • 咖啡馆里套话与圆谎：be up to something（打算干什么）
• 双重赔偿1944
  • 推销保险初见女主人：for my money（依我看）
  • 续车险搭讪女主人：a honey of a（顶呱呱的）
  • 揭穿烧车骗保案：tie knots in one's stomach（胃里拧成一团）

习语频道里接下来

• more like
• be sick
• face to face with
• shame on you
• bring under control
• a change of mind
• leave be
• way back
• go to bed with
• day by day
• learn the hard way
• jump to conclusions