cellphone:手机;移动电话(常用于美式英语)。指可随身携带、通过蜂窝移动通信网络进行通话、短信与上网的电话设备。
/ˈselˌfoʊn/
I forgot my cellphone at home.
我把手机忘在家里了。
During the blackout, her cellphone became the only way to contact emergency services and reassure her family.
停电期间,她的手机成了联系紧急服务并安抚家人的唯一方式。
cellphone 是 cell(“蜂窝/小区”,指蜂窝移动通信网络中的“蜂窝小区”)+ phone(“电话”)的合成词,强调它依赖“蜂窝网络”进行通信。英式英语中更常说 mobile phone,口语里也常简化为 phone。