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intercom

noun
🔊/ˈɪntəkɒm/
🔊/ˈɪntərkɑːm/
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  1. a system of communication by phone or radio inside an office, plane, etc.; the device you press or switch on to start using this system内部通话系统（或设备）
    • over the intercom to announce something over the intercom通过内部通话系统宣布
    • They called him on the intercom.他们用内部通话系统呼叫他。🔊🔊
    • Mr Jack’s arrival was announced over the intercom.杰克先生的到来通过内部通话设备宣布了出去。
    Topics Transport by airc1, Phones, email and the internetc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryintercom + verb
    • buzz
    • crackle
    • sound
    • …
    intercom + noun
    • system
    • button
    preposition
    • on the intercom
    • over the intercom
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    Word OriginSecond World War: abbreviation of intercommunication.