telephony
/tɪˈlɛf(ə)ni/
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tɪ - ˈlɛfəni -> telephony
telephone /'telÇfǝƱn/ (also phone ) n
(က) [U] တယ်လီဖုန်း။ ဖုန်း။ စကားပြောကြေးနန်း။ make a telephone call ❍ a telephone conversation ❍ order goods over the telephone ❍ You can always reach (ie contact) me by telephone.
(ခ) [C] တယ်လီဖုန်း။ ဖုန်း။ a mobile/portable phone ❍ a car phone ❍ answer the telephone (ie pick up the RECEIVER (၁) to receive a call) ❍ put the telephone down (ie replace the RECEIVER (၁)) ❍ The telephone hasn't stopped ringing all day (ie There have been a lot of calls).
(also phone ) v တယ်လီဖုန်းဖြင့်ပြောသည်။ ဖုန်းဆက်သည်။ Will you write or telephone? ❍ telephone an order (to head office) ❍ He telephoned (his wife) to say he'd be late.
❏ on the telephone [IDM ]
၁။ တယ်လီဖုန်းပြောနေသည်။ She's on the telephone at the moment. ❍ You're wanted (ie Somebody wants to speak to you) on the telephone.
၂။ (Brit ) တယ်လီဖုန်းတပ်ဆင်သည်။ They've just moved and they're not on the telephone yet.
❏ telephone box (also telephone booth, telephone kiosk ) n = PHONE BOX
❏ telephone directory (also phone directory, telephone book, phone book ) n တယ်လီ ဖုန်းလမ်းညွှန်စာအုပ်။
❏ telephone exchange (also exchange ) n တယ်လီဖုန်းရုံး။
❏ telephone number (also phone number ) n တယ်လီဖုန်းနံပါတ်။
❏ telephone tapping (also phone tapping ) n [U] တယ်လီဖုန်းကို ကြားဖြတ်နားထောင်ရန် လျှို့ဝှက် ကိရိယာ တပ်ဆင်ခြင်း။
❏ telephonist /tǝ'lefǝnÇst/ n = OPERATOR ၂
❏ telephony /tǝ'lefǝni/ n [U] တယ်လီဖုန်းဖြင့် ဆက်သွယ်မှု။
- They’ve got a telephone next to their bed.
- A digital cordless telephone
- [a telephone rings] : The telephone’s been ringing all morning.
- [pick up/answer the telephone] : Pascoe picked up the telephone and said ‘Hello’.
- [use the telephone] : May I use your telephone?
- The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
- [over the telephone] : People are interviewed over the telephone.
- [by telephone] : I placed my order by telephone two weeks ago.
- A telephone line/dial/switchboard
- Telephone communications/conversations/bookings
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