phone card — a plastic card with a magnetic strip or chip that allows you to make telephone calls from public phones by paying in advance
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a plastic card with a magnetic strip or chip that allows you to make telephone calls from public phones by paying in advance
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈfoʊn kɑːrd/
Korean meaning: 공중전화에서 통화할 수 있도록 미리 요금을 지불한 자기띠나 칩이 있는 플라스틱 카드
Korean pronunciation: **폰** 카드
Example Sentences
- My grandmother still uses phone cards because she doesn't trust smartphones.
- The phone card machine was broken, so I couldn't call the taxi.
- He collected phone cards from different countries as a hobby.
phone card
NOUN//ˈfoʊn kɑːrd//
a plastic card with a magnetic strip or chip that allows you to make telephone calls from public phones by paying in advance
a plastic card with a magnetic strip or chip that allows you to make telephone calls from public phones by paying in advance
The phone guard speaks with a tone hard!
🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
'phone'은 그리스어 'phone(소리)'에서, 'card'는 라틴어 'charta(종이)'에서 유래했습니다. 전화 기술의 발달과 함께 1980년대부터 널리 사용되기 시작한 복합어입니다.
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🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My grandmother still uses phone cards because she doesn't trust smartphones.”
“The phone card machine was broken, so I couldn't call the taxi.”
“He collected phone cards from different countries as a hobby.”
“The phone card ran out of credit right in the middle of my important call.”
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