dial

1.表盘；刻度盘；标度盘；仪表盘the face of a clock or watch, or a similar control on a machine, piece of equipment or vehicle that shows a measurement of time, amount, speed, temperature, etc.

1.[t][i]~ (sth)拨（电话号码）to use a telephone by pushing buttons or turning the dial to call a number

1.日晷

2.(钟表等的)针盘;(仪表等的)标度盘;(电话的)拨号盘

3.矿用罗盘;航海罗盘

4.〔俚语〕脸(盆)

5.号码

6.旋钮

7.〔电信〕度盘,转盘

8.千分表

9.调节控制盘

10.偏方复十二面体

11.数字盘

12.二醛

13.标尺

1.拨(电话号码),打(自动电话);用矿用罗盘测量

2.拨;调

3.用标度测量

1.an instrument with a movable pointer that displays a measurement such as the current speed of a vehicle or the level of steam pressure inside a boiler

2.a round control knob or disk turned with the fingers to adjust a piece of electrical or mechanical equipment such as a radio

3.a numbered panel with a movable pointer on a radio, used for tuning in to different stations

4.the round face of a traditional clock

5.a disk with numbered finger holes on the front of an old telephone, turned with a finger to select the required telephone number

6.a sundial or its face

7.the part of a clock or watch that is round and has hands that move to show you the time

8.a round control on a piece of equipment that you turn to change something such as the temperature or sound

9.a circle with holes on an old-fashioned telephone, that you turn in order to call someone

1.to call a number or a person on the telephone

2.to tune in a radio or television station or program using a dial

3.to press the buttons, or to turn the dial, on a telephone in order to call someone