He was surprised by the venomous tone of the anonymous calls.

Not long afterward she received five calls in one day.

不久之后，她一天内就接到了5个电话。

Check us in at the hotel and wait for my call.

去宾馆替我们办理好入住手续，然后等我的电话。

He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend being soppy.

他总是卿卿我我地跟女朋友煲电话粥。

Calls cost 36p (cheap rate) and 48p (peak rate) per minute.

电话每分钟36便士（优惠费率）和48便士（高峰费率）。

You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.

用不着她一来电话你就往楼上跑。

Any minute now, that phone is going to ring.

那部电话随时可能响。

I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.

我拿起了电话，她知趣地进了客厅。

A fine wire is heated electrically to incandescence in an electric lamp.

灯丝在电灯中电加时成白炽状态。

All the electric lights in the garden were blazing.

花园里,从右边进去,回廊上的电灯都扭燃了.

The lights went on day and night and it was really a waste.

电灯日夜都亮着,真是浪费.

Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.

两名被手铐铐在一起的囚犯试图逃跑时分别往电灯杆两边跑，结果没逃掉。

The wire snapped at the wall plug with a blue flash and the light fused.

墙上插头处的电线啪地发出一道蓝光，电灯的保险丝烧断了。

Edison invented the light bulb.

爱迪生发明了电灯炮.

Electric lights lit up the basket-ball ground.

电灯把篮球场照得亮堂堂的.

All the streets were lit up with electricity.

所有的街道上电灯通明.

Where is the light switch?

电灯开关在哪儿?

Benjamin fumbled for the light switch.

本杰明手忙脚乱地找电灯开关.

The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.

煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替.

A photographer had fused the lights, engulfing the entire house darkness.

一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了, 使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中.

She groped blindly for the light switch in the dark room.

她在黑暗的房间里摸索电灯开关。