Ring off the telephone
挂断电话
🧩 词语组成解析
ring
[riŋ]
n. 戒指，指环;铃声，钟声;环形物;拳击场;
vt. 形成环状;环绕;使（例如铃）响;打电话给;
vi. 按铃，敲钟;回响;成环形;
off
[ɔ:f, ɔf]
prep. 从…落下;离开;从…去掉;下班;
adv. 离开;距，离;被取消;下班;
adj. 不新鲜的;不能接受;不礼貌;
n. 起跑;
v. 杀死;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
telephone
['tɛlə'fon]
n. 电话;电话机;（电话机的）话筒;受话器;
vt.& vi. 以电话传送（消息），给（某人）打电话;用电话与（某人）交谈;
tele远，传送+phone声音→远方声音传过来 → 电话
🗣️ 情景例句
A large number of American radio stations operate in the red.
许多美国电台亏损经营。
I asked him to keep quiet, but he wouldn't.
我请他保持肃静，但是他不肯。
By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans, mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers.
截止1840年已有约2，000名欧洲人，其中大部分是英国人，到新西兰定居，毛利人与这些移居者签订了一个协议。