dial
dial 英 [ˈdaɪəl] 美 [ˈdaɪəl]
n. 刻度盘；钟面，表盘 vt. 给…拨号打电话
进行时:dialing 过去式:dialled 过去分词:dialled 第三人称单数:dials 名词复数:dials
- A dial is a circle that has a series of numbers or marks representing numbers, like the dial of a clock face, a compass, or an old-fashioned telephone. If you have a watch that glows in the dark, it's the dial you can see even in a dark movie theater.
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- n. 刻度盘；钟面，表盘
- vt. 给…拨号打电话
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1. an alarm clock with a luminous dial
夜光闹钟
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2. Check the tyre pressure on the dial.
检查一下仪表盘显示的车胎压力。
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3. He dialled the number and waited.
他拨号后便等着通话。
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4. Dial 0033 for France.
打电话到法国拨 0033。
- dial (n.) early 15c., "sundial," earlier "dial of a compass" (mid-14c.), apparently from Medieval Latin dialis "daily," from Latin dies "day," from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine." The word perhaps was abstracted from a phrase such as Medieval Latin rota dialis "daily wheel," and evolved to mean any round plate over which something rotates. Telephone sense is from 1879, which led to dial tone (1921), "the signal to begin dialing," which term soon might be the sole relic of the rotary phone.
- dial (v.) 1650s, "to work with aid of a dial or compass," from dial (n.). Telephone sense is from 1923. Related: Dialed; dialing.
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