dial up
phrasal verbdial up | dial something up
- to connect to a computer system using a phone line
拨号：使用电话线连接到计算机系统 - Back then, you still had to dial up to the internet at 5p a minute.
那时，你仍然必须以每分钟5便士的价格拨号上网。 - I tried to dial up a connection.
我试着拨号连接。
- Back then, you still had to dial up to the internet at 5p a minute.
dial something up
- to order something by phone, to be delivered immediately
拨号： 通过电话订购商品，立即交付- If I'm too tired to cook, I just dial up a pizza.
如果我太累了，不想做饭，我就拨一个比萨饼。
- If I'm too tired to cook, I just dial up a pizza.
- to increase the noise, heat, etc. produced by a piece of equipment by moving its controls
拨号： 通过移动其控件来增加设备所产生的噪音，热量等- Dial up the volume.
拨大音量。
- Dial up the volume.
- (informal) to increase the amount, degree or power of a quality
拨号： 增加质量的数量，程度或功效- She gradually dialled up the pressure on the rest of the team.
她逐渐加大了对团队其他成员的压力。
- She gradually dialled up the pressure on the rest of the team.