n.

1. 电话机[C]
   I talk to him on/over the telephone.

   我在电话里同他谈过了。

2. 电话[U]
   You are wanted on the telephone.

   你的电话。

3. 电话耳机，听筒[C]

vt.

1. 打电话给，打电话告知[O1][O2][+that]
   He telephoned me that he couldn't come.

   他打来电话告诉我他不能来了。

   She telephoned her father to send money.

   她打电话要她父亲汇钱。

   I telephoned her my arrival.

   我打电话通知她我已抵达。

   We telephoned him to come.

   我们打电话叫他来。

vi.

1. 打电话，通电话[（+for/to）]
   You can telephone for a taxi.

   你可以打电话叫一辆出租车。

n.

1. a system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals.
2. an instrument used as part of such a system, typically including a handset with a transmitting microphone and a set of numbered buttons by which a connection can be made to another such instrument.

v.