ring off the hook是什么意思_ring off the hook的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

About an hour later, when the telephone rang, Mrs. Bixby was across the room so fast she had the receiver off the hook before the first ring had finished.

大约一小时后，当电话铃一响，比克斯比夫人就快速的穿过房间在第一声响铃停止之前就拿起了听筒。

释义

N. Amer. (of a telephone) be constantly ringing due to a large number of incoming calls

〈北美〉（电话）铃声响个没完。