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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

dial

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Source Word

dial

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdaɪ.əl/

Australia UK slang

Japanese Meaning

計器の目盛り盤（針が動いて測定値を示す円形の文字盤） / 時計の文字盤 / 日時計

What is this buttons?

She glanced at the dial to check the speed before merging onto the highway.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は高速道路に合流する前に、速度を確認するために速度計の文字盤をちらりと見た。

Sense（1）

A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

A clock face.

Sense（3）

A sundial.

Sense（4）

Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on!

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（5）

A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（6）

(UK, Australia, slang) A person's face.

At the sound of the old familiar voice he spun around with something of the agility of a cat on hot bricks, and I saw that his dial, usually cheerful, was contorted with anguish, as if he had swallowed a bad oyster.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（7）

A miner's compass.

dials

（ plural ）

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