crossed lines; line interference; crosstalk
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to get crossed (of telephone lines or circuits); to become interconnected due to malfunction
Commonly used for telephone lines and electrical circuits where signals from different channels interfere with each other.
Diàn电
huà话
chuàn串
xiàn线
le了
，
wǒ我
néng能
tīng听
dào到
gé隔
bì壁
de的
tán谈
huà话
。
The phone lines got crossed, and I can hear the conversation next door.
Gāng刚
cái才
dǎ打
diàn电
huà话
de的
shí时
hòu候
tū突
rán然
chuàn串
xiàn线
le了
，
tīng听
bú不
dào到
duì对
fāng方
de的
shēng声
yīn音
。
The line suddenly got crossed while I was on the phone just now, and I couldn't hear the other person.
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Zhè这
bù部
lǎo老
jiù旧
de的
diàn电
huà话
jī机
jīng经
cháng常
chuàn串
xiàn线
。
This old telephone often gets its lines crossed.