fax
noun /fæks/
/fæks/
(also formal facsimile)
- (also fax machine)[countable] a machine that sends and receives documents in an electronic form along phone wires and then prints them
传真机 - The office equipment included a photocopier and a fax, but no computer.
办公设备包括一台复印机和一台传真机，但没有电脑。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- incoming
- junk
- send (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
- machine
- number
- line
- …
- by fax
- fax from
- fax to
- …
- The office equipment included a photocopier and a fax, but no computer.
- [uncountable] a system for sending documents using scanned images over a phone line or the internet
传真（系统） - by fax In those days we often sent documents by fax.
在那些日子里，我们经常通过传真发送文件。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- incoming
- junk
- send (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
- machine
- number
- line
- …
- by fax
- fax from
- fax to
- …
- by fax In those days we often sent documents by fax.
- [countable] a letter or message sent by fax
传真信件；传真电文；明电 - You can still send faxes via email.
您仍然可以通过电子邮件发送传真。
Collocations PhonesPhones电话 打／接电话 - the phone/telephone rings
电话铃响了 - answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone
接／挂电话 - lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver
拿起／拿着／放回听筒 - dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
- call somebody/talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office
给某人打电话；从家里／工作地点／办公室给某人打电话 - make/get/receive a phone call
打／接电话 - take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)
摘下电话听筒 - the line is (British English) engaged/ (especially North American English) busy
- the phones have been (North American English) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
- put somebody through/get through to the person you want to speak to
给某人接通另一人的电话；打通电话 - put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)
让某人不要挂上电话（以便等想找的人接电话） - call from/use a landline
用座机打电话
手机 - be/talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell
用手机讲电话 - use/answer/call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
使用／接听／拨打某人的手机；用手机接收信息 - switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
开启／关闭手机 - charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
给手机充电 - a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
- (British English) top up your mobile/cell (phone)
- send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax
发送／接收信息／短信／传真 - insert/remove/change a SIM card
插入／取出／更换 SIM 卡
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- incoming
- junk
- send (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
- machine
- number
- line
- …
- by fax
- fax from
- fax to
- …
- You can still send faxes via email.
词源1940s: abbreviation of facsimile.