英 /ˈpeɪfəʊn/,美 /ˈpeɪfoʊn/
名词,指投币式或插卡式公用电话,通常设置在公共场所。
payphone 作为可数名词,可用于表示具体的公用电话设备或其所处位置。
I used the payphone to call my mother.(我用公共电话给妈妈打电话。)
There is a payphone near the bus stop.(公交车站附近有一个公共电话。)
She couldn’t find a payphone to make a call.(她找不到一个公共电话来打电话。)
The payphone was out of order.(公共电话坏了。)
He paid two coins to use the payphone.(他投了两枚硬币使用公共电话。)
In some countries, payphones are still widely used.(在一些国家,公共电话仍然广泛使用。)
I have to make a call on the payphone.(我想在公用电话亭打个电话。)
Oh yeah, if it makes any difference, I'm calling from a payphone.(对了,不一样的地方是,我是从公共电话打进来的。)
Jane, do you have some change? I have to make a call on the payphone.(你有零钱吗?我想在公用电话亭打个电话。)
Mark tells them that it wasn't easy for him to trace the number because it came from a payphone.(Mark告诉他们查到这个号码十分不容易,因为它来自于一个付费电话。)
由于参考文档中未提及 payphone 的常见短语搭配,此处暂无法提供相关内容。随着智能手机的普及,payphone 的使用频率已大幅下降,但在一些特定场景(如旅游、紧急情况)中仍可能遇到。你是否在某些特定场景下需要使用这个词汇呢?