mobile-phone
UK/ˈməʊbaɪl-fəʊn/US
Definitions
n.
A portable wireless telephone (British English; American English: cell phone)
手机，移动电话（英式英语；美式英语为 cell phone）
Root Breakdown
Native Englishmobileroot
+
phoneroot
=mobile-phone
mobile (able to move) + phone = 'a phone you can carry around.' mobile = mob (move) + -ile: the opposite of a fixed landline.
Common Collocations
- 1.mobile phone charger手机充电器
- 2.mobile phone service移动电话服务
- 3.switch off your mobile phone关掉手机
Example Sentences
- 1.
Please switch off your mobile phone during the film.
- 2.
She checks her mobile phone the moment she wakes up.