'phone
box (also
'telephone
box, telephone kiosk, 'call box) (all BrE) noun a small unit
with walls and a roof, containing a public telephone, in the street, etc.
(
'phone
call noun = call /?.(1)
phone-card /'faunkaid; NAmE
'founkaird/
noun {NAmE also 'calling card) 1 a plastic card that
you can use in some public telephones instead of money ( ^ ffe if
) fells'A 2 (NAmE)
a
card with a number on it that you use in order to pay to make a call from any
phone.
The cost of the call is charged to your account and you pay it later. ( ) fei£A
'phone-in {BrE)
(NAmE
'call-in)
noun
a
radio or television programme in which people can telephone and make comments
or ask questions about a particular subject (r«h fefiw)
f i
phon eme /'fauniim; NAmE 'ion / noun {phonetics
if
If) any one of the set of smallest units of speech in a language that
distinguish one word from another. In English, the /s/ in sip
and
the ,/z/ in zip represent two
different phonemes. f-$, ( Kifr#-is] WSAi£W
^ sip * w s m zip tw z ^waai^w^a)
► phon-em-ic /fa'niimik/ adj.
'phone
number noun = telephone number 'phone tapping noun = telephone tapping
phon-et-ic /fa'netik/ adj.
1 using
special symbols to represent each different speech sound A of If W; ef fAW: the
International Phonetic Alphabet HI 0
a
phonetic symbol/transcription f H 2 (of a
spelling or spelling system ^^^t)
that closely
matches the sounds
represented ^g^effirflilW: Spanish spelling is phonetic, unlike English
spelling, H if A ft, 3 connected with the
sounds of human speech if
|=f W ►
phon-et-ic-al-ly /-kli/ adv.
phon et ics /fa'netiks/ noun
[U]
the study of speech sounds and how they are produced if If ^ ► phon-et-
ician /.fauna'tijn;
,fbn-; NAmE ,foun-; ,fa:n-/ noun pho-ney (also phony especially in NAmE)
/'fauni;
NAmE 'founi/ adj., noun
m adj. (pho-nier,
pho-ni-est) {informal, disapproving) not real or true;
false, and trying to trick people {§* W; l1 AW; &1IW S33 fake : She spoke with a phoney Russian accent, #fft5gWf$ffljftilii&ilSo
■
noun {pi. -neys or -nies) (informal) a person who is not
honest or sincere; a thing that is not real or true AM
£WA;
iAWA(i£Affi); phoney 'war noun [sing.] (BrE)
a
period of time when two groups are officially at war but not actually fighting
( )
«#-
phon ic /'fnmk; NAmE
'faimk/
adj.
1
{technical A iff) relating to sound; relating to
sounds made in speech r H W;
i§ s1 W 2 -phonic (in adjectives $ W
i^l) connected with an instrument that uses or makes sound ff]---fffeW; telephonic i$W
phon ics /'fomks; NAmE
‘fain-/
noun
[U]
a method of teaching people to read based on the sounds that letters represent
if #fii&
phono- /'faunau; NAmE
'founou-/
(also phon-)
combining
form
(in
nouns, adjectives and adverbs ffcjj&laia], If § is] ffl gij M) connected
with sound or sounds A W; A If W; if^&W: phonetic if lafW
phono-graph /'faunagraif; NAmE
'founagraef/
noun {old-fashioned) = record player phon-ology /fa'nDlad3i; NAmE -'nail-/ noun
[U] {linguistics
if
m) the speech sounds of a
particular language; the study of these sounds If ff; If ¥ ► phono logic
al /,fauna'lDd3ikl; ,fnn-; NAmE
,founa'la:d3-; ,fa:n-/ adj. : phonological analysis
Hf fk ft ft phon-olo-gist /fa'nnla- d3ist; NAmE fa'nail-/ noun phony {especially NAmE)
= phoney phooey /'fuii/ exclamation used when you think
sb/sth is wrong or silly f ^ A A flA M&,
h£, ► phooey noun [U]: It’s all
phooey! J!
phos gene /'fDzd3i:n; NAmE 'faiz-/ noun [u] a poisonous gas, used as a chemical weapon, for example during the
First World War
phos phate /'fDsfeit; NAmE Tars-/ noun [C, U] {chemistry ft) any compound containing phosphorus, used in
industry or for helping plants to grow
If
%!J; phosphate-free washing powder
phos phor es cent /.fosfa'resnt; NAmE ,fa:s-/ adj. {technical Aifl) 1 producing
a faint light in the dark (
Bf
fe) 3c it A W , 3c A W — compare fluorescent
2 producing light without heat or with so little heat that it
cannot be felt ft W ► phos phor es cence /-sns/ noun [U]
phosphoric acid /fDs.fbrik 'aesid; NAmE fais.foirik; -,fu:r-/ noun [U] an acid used in fertilizers and in the production of detergents and food pj$.( A 7 ft IE,
phos-phorus /'fosfaras; NAmE 'fa:s-/ noun [U] {symb p) a chemical element
found in several different forms, including as a poisonous, pale yellow
substance that shines in the dark and starts to burn as soon as it is placed in
air
phot-ic /'fautik; NAmE 'fou-/ adj. {technical A if)
1
relating to, or caused by, light A W ; it
31 © W
2
relating to the part of the ocean which
receives
enough light for plants to
grow ( ) AMAAW,
if AW: the
photic zone if Aff
photo 0-w
/'fautau;
NAmE 'foutou/ noun {pi. -os)
= photograph n.: a colour/black-and-white photo ffe/IfifAoa passport photo A MM ft 0 a photo
album (= a book for keeping your photos in) 0 I’ll take a photo
of you. 3% A^fftffiAMo I!!3I3 The usual phrase in NAmE is take a picture. JbM^if take a picture0
o note at photograph photo- /'fautau; NAmE 'foutou/ combining form (in nouns, adjectives, verbs and
adverbs iak J&WM,
fqgiji^) 1 connected with
light AW; AAAW: photosynthesis Atftfli 2 connected with
photography |g|£ W; MfBW: photogenic
W ' photo booth noun a small structure with walls and a
roof where you can put money in a machine and get a photograph of yourself in a
few minutes g WI&M^ photo-call /'fautaukoil; NAmE 'foutou-/ noun a time that is arranged in advance
when newspaper photographers are invited to take photographs of sb ( HiAEA® W W
) MBt |0]; M Bt |0]: The president joined
the
team for a photocall. &»AfiJ0PA'fe&gJ&fttflM, photo-cell /'fautausel; NAmE 'foutou-/ noun = photoelectric cell
photo-chem-ical /.feutau'kemikl; NAmE .foutou-/ adj. {chemistry ft) caused by or
relating to the chemical action of light AffcAfflW; Aft^W: photochemical smog AffcfSif
photo-copier /'fautaukDpia(r); NAmE 'foutoukaip-/ (also copier especially in NAmE) noun a machine that
makes copies of documents, etc. by photographing them % E\i
ffl; &m
photO-COpy /'fautauknpi; NAmE ‘foutoukaipi/ noun, verb
mnoun (also copy) {pi■ -ies) a copy of a document,
etc. made by the action of light on a specially treated surface A; %£Pft*: Make as many
photocopies as you need.
■ verb (photo-cop-ies,
photo-copy-ing, photocopied, photo-cop-ied) (also copy especially in BrE) 1 to make a photocopy of sth f££p;
§)$!]; HEP: [VN] a photocopied letter SAP W fit 0 Can you get these
photocopied for me by s o’clock? i5 o m i
seem to have spent most of
the day photocopying, — AWAf^#^® ft± %. 2 [V] ~ well/badly (of printed material
Fp ®i] no) to produce a good/bad photocopy % Ep % / A : The comments in pencil
haven’t photocopied very
well. ^
15^^ W if fit WS £p ifo