Picture the device that lets you talk to someone who isn't in the room with you — your voice carried down a line or through the air to their ear. 'Phone' is short for telephone (Greek tele- 'far' + phone 'sound, voice'): sound sent far. From that one object grow the part you hold, and the act of using it.
From the word’s history
'Phone' is a shortening of 'telephone', from Greek tele- 'far off' + phone 'sound, voice' — literally 'far-sound'.
phone 是 telephone 的縮寫，源自希臘文 tele（遠）加 phone（聲音、嗓音），字面意思就是「遠處的聲音」。
Oxford English Dictionary / etymonline (telephone < Greek tēle- + phōnē)
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phonenoun詞源 1/ˈfəʊ̯n/
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A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
- My phone ran out of battery.
- 2
A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
- It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone
phoneverb詞源 1/ˈfəʊ̯n/
- 1
To call (someone) using a telephone.
- Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
- Her father told her to phone him to pick her up in case it started raining heavily.
- 2
To say via telephone.
- Well, the first I knew, Mr. Cooney phoned he had a buyer for my farm, and wanted to know if he could come down.
- After I wrote the 23ⁿᵈ bout midnite Charles phoned he got my note + could I come over then?
phonenoun詞源 2/ˈfəʊ̯n/
- 1
human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsA speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
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