1.electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds;
I talked to him on the telephone
2.transmitting speech at a distance
1.get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;
I tried to call you all night
電話是通過電信號雙向傳輸話音的設備。通常人們將亞歷山大·格拉漢姆·貝爾(Alexander Graham Bell)認為是電話的發明者。