phone in phrasal verbphr v a) TELEPHONEto telephone the place where you work, especially in order to report something 打电话到自己的工作处〔尤指为报告某事〕 I’ll phone in and let them know. 我会打电话给单位,让他们了解情况。
phone something ↔ in I’ll phone the report in tomorrow morning. 明天早晨我会打电话到公司汇报情况。
She phoned in sick (=telephoned to say that she was ill and could not come to work). 她打了电话请病假。
b) TELEPHONEto telephone a radio or television show to give your opinion or ask a question 〔给电台或电视节目〕打进电话〔发表意见或提问〕 There’s still time to phone in before the end of the programme. 节目结束前还有时间可以打进电话。
→ phone-inphoned in sick• Thursday morning, Stafford, who had not missed a day because of illness in six years, phoned in sick.
→ phone in at phone2(1)