a phone connection that uses wires carried on poles or under the ground, in contrast to a mobile phone（电话的）陆地线路，陆线，固网
I'll call you later on the landline.晚些时候我会用固定线路给你打电话。🔊🔊
Collocations PhonesPhones电话Making and receiving phone calls打／接电话
the phone/telephone rings电话铃响了
answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone接／挂电话
lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver拿起／拿着／放回听筒
dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
call somebody/talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office给某人打电话；从家里／工作地点／办公室给某人打电话
make/get/receive a phone call打／接电话
take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)摘下电话听筒
the line is (British English)engaged/(especially North American English)busy
the phones have been (North American English)ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
put somebody through/get through to the person you want to speak to给某人接通另一人的电话；打通电话
put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)让某人不要挂上电话（以便等想找的人接电话）
call from/use a landline用座机打电话
Mobile/cell phones手机
be/talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell用手机讲电话
use/answer/call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell使用／接听／拨打某人的手机；用手机接收信息
switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell开启／关闭手机
charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell给手机充电
a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
(British English)top up your mobile/cell (phone)
send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax发送／接收信息／短信／传真