A cordless telephone or portable telephone replaces the handset cord with a radio link. The handset communicates with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line. The range is limited, usually to the same building or some short distance from the base station. The base station attaches to the telephone network the same way a corded telephone does.
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近义词
n.
wireless, telephone, phone, telephone set
英英词典
wireless telephone n.
telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
synonymous: radiotelephone, radiotelephony
a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables