hotline

noun
🔊/ˈhɒtlaɪn/
🔊/ˈhɑːtlaɪn/
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  1. a special phone line that people can use in order to get information or to talk about something电话咨询服务专线;热线
    • a 24-hour confidential hotline24小时保密热线
    • An emergency hotline has been set up for the relatives of those involved in the disaster.已经为遇难者的亲属建立了紧急热线。
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    • A telephone hotline has been set up to give information about the changed train services.一条提供火车车次变更信息的电话专线已经开通。
    • Call our 24-hour hotline to find out if you have won a prize.欲知是否中奖,请拨打我们的 24 小时热线电话。
    • The company has an information hotline that customers can call if they are worried about products.公司开通一条咨询服务热线,客户如果对公司的产品有疑问可以拨打。
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • telephone
    • 24-hour
    • free
    verb + hotline
    • call
    • phone
    • ring
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  2. a direct phone line between the heads of government in different countries(各国政府首脑之间通话的)热线
    • the hotline to the White House白宫热线