English Dictionary

dial

/ˈdaɪ.əl/

verb

(transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial. / (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.

I need to dial the phone number.

意味（1）

(transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.

The president has recently dialled down the rhetoric.

意味（2）

(transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.

In an emergency dial 999.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.

Please be careful when dialling.