dial the number

基本解释

I'm going to dial the number.
我要拨这个号码。
Please dial 8 first, and then room number, another extension directly dial the number.
房间号码请先拨8，再拨房号，其它分机直拨。
A bit later, I remember a Northern Europe vending machine demo: Each item was associated with a phone number; dial the number and the beer can falls.
不久之后，北欧出现了一种贩卖机：每种商品和一个电话号码绑定，拨打相关号码就可以购买绑定的产品。

ACS-designed software automatically routes work to the next available employee and can automatically dial the number if an employee has to call a doctor's office to chase down incorrect information.
FORBES: The human factor
Dial the 800 number, work through a dizzying array of menu choices, choose to speak with a human being and wait on hold listening to music for 20 minutes to two hours (it happened to me once) and you might reach a person who can (in only 70% of my cases) provide definitive, final help.
FORBES: Time Wasters, Time Savers
Hitting it would automatically dial the preset emergency number -- presumably for in case you crash your sports car or, ironically, get robbed.
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