be on the telephone

a) TCTTELEPHONEto be talking to someone, using the telephone 正在打电话

I was on the telephone when he came in.

他进来时我正在打电话。

b) TCTto have a telephone in your home, office etc 〔家里、办公室里等〕有电话

Examples from the Corpus

be on the telephone• From 6am Brown is on the telephone.• The Sheikh arrived while the doctor was on the telephone to the hospital.• I told him who I was on the telephone.• She loves to be on the telephone.• She must not ask who was on the telephone.

→ be on the telephone at telephone1(2)

词汇	be on the telephone
释义	be on the telephone be on the telephone a) TCTTELEPHONEto be talking to someone, using the telephone 正在打电话 I was on the telephone when he came in. 他进来时我正在打电话。 b) TCTto have a telephone in your home, office etc 〔家里、办公室里等〕有电话 Examples from the Corpus be on the telephone• From 6am Brown is on the telephone.• The Sheikh arrived while the doctor was on the telephone to the hospital.• I told him who I was on the telephone.• She loves to be on the telephone.• She must not ask who was on the telephone. → be on the telephone at telephone1(2)
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