n. 电话;听筒;(发声或使用声音的)工具;说某种语言的;
vt.& vi. 打电话(给某人);
💡 phon声音 + e → n.电话,电话机;耳机
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义:telephone, call, blower, pronunciation, telephonic, ring
number
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词根: number
n. 数字;数量;号码;编号;
v. 标号;总计;把…算作;
💡 numer, number 表示”数字”;”计算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
过去十年,农业从业人数已经下降。
近义:numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反义:remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
vt. 告诉,说;辨别;吩咐;讲述;
vt.& vi. 分辨,辨别;告诉,吩咐;泄漏;保证;
vi. 泄密,告发;(颜色、声音等)显示;识别;
n. [考古学](古代村落遗址堆积而成的)台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;
💡 他告诉(tell)我,他哥哥很高(tall)
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:maintain, assert, asseverate, mention, assure, name
反义:hide, mask, occult, shield, shroud, veil