Telephone modem
[电] 电话调变解调器
🧩 词语组成解析
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
modem
['mo'dɛm]
n. 调制解调器;
🗣️ 情景例句
and some brushes and some paint.
刷子和油漆。
An empty purse frightens many friends.
曩中无分文，亲友不上门。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作，切掉旧的金属，焊接新的金属板，钻孔，埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。