[
UK
/ˈiəfəʊn/
]
[ US /ˈiɹˌfoʊn, ˈɪɹˌfoʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈiɹˌfoʊn, ˈɪɹˌfoʊn/ ]
NOUN
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electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
How To Use earphone In A Sentence
- We would be given special earphones to wear throughout. Times, Sunday Times
- The sound of the dots and dashes of the radio range in my earphones, and the instrument panel was my whole world.
- The participants were given a radio set with earphones and frequencies set for each language.
- For this gaijin, could you explain how a “headphone” is different from an “earphone.” Paid beats free downloads to iPods
- The trick was that while eating it you listened to the sound of the sea through earphones. Times, Sunday Times
- She sorted through her wallet, phone, and earphones until she came across a piece of crumpled paper.
- After take off she pulled on her earphones and listened to her Walkman and read your book for the entire flight.
- Playback itself is fine, though I found the bundle earphones were a little muted in the higher frequencies.
- One more thing, because of the terrible Chinese tariff policy, when you fill the express waybill please describe the earphones as "gift" or "reworked earphones" and give them a lower declared value.
- I would wear earphones because we were sharing a dressing room. The Sun