留美老师带你每日说英文 第77期:Vibrating

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　　Indeed adults as well as teens report that they feel their phones vibrating.Even when they are not.This is a well known phenomenon, it's called the phantom¹ ring.

　　确实是，成人和青少年们说，他们会察觉到电话的震动，甚至当手机没有设置震动时也是这样。这是一种很普遍的现象，叫做幻觉铃声。

1 phantom   

n.幻影，虚位，幽灵；adj.错觉的，幻影的，幽灵的

参考例句：

• I found myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我发现自己瞪大眼睛看着她，好像她是一个幽灵。
• He is only a phantom of a king.他只是有名无实的国王。