long-distance call

基本解釋

Mr. Thomas is making a long-distance call.
托馬斯先生正在將長(zhǎng)途電話。
I made a long-distance call to my wife, asking her to sell our house.
我給妻子打了通長(zhǎng)途電話，讓她賣(mài)掉我們的房子。
Even today, many find it hard to keep people of that generation on a long-distance call for very long—they still hear a meter ticking in their head and rush to finish.
即使是在今天，很多人都會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，我們爺爺那輩人很少長(zhǎng)時(shí)間打長(zhǎng)途，他們腦袋中似乎有一個(gè)永遠(yuǎn)走著的表滴滴答答的提醒他們時(shí)間快到了，快點(diǎn)結(jié)束。

Everything started up and ran perfectly, though once I made my first long-distance call, I found the voice quality lacking.
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