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語源

trim +‎ phone, originally a trademark, with trim explained as Tone Ring Illuminator Model.

名詞

trimphone (複数形 trimphones)

1. (Britain) A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.
   • 1983, New Scientist (volume 98, number 1353, 14 April 1983)

     Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated […]

   • 1986, Barry Strickland-Hodge, Barbara Allan, Medical information: a profile (page 54)

     While an acoustic coupler can be used with ordinary telephones, it cannot be used with modern trimphones […]