collect call

英[kə'lektkɔːl] 美[kə'lektkɔːl]
  • n.对方付费电话
  • call vt.呼叫;打电话;把...称为n.打电话;访问;召唤;呼叫;把...看作vi.呼叫;(短暂的)拜访
  • collect v.收集;聚集;募捐;运走;使(自己)镇定
Noun:
  1. a telephone call that the receiving party is asked to pay for

    1. I have a collect call from Johnson. Will you accept the charges?
      约翰逊有个对方付钱的电话给你。你接吗?
    2. He makes a collect call or he calls his office collect.
      他往办公室打了对方付费电话。