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.
an alarm clock with a luminous dial夜光闹钟
Check the tyre pressure on the dial.检查一下仪表盘显示的车胎压力。
2.（收音机、炉、灶等的）调节盘，控制盘the round control on a radio, cooker/stove, etc. that you turn in order to adjust sth, for example to choose a particular station or to choose a particular temperature
3.（旧式电话机的）拨号盘the round part on some older telephones, with holes for the fingers, that you move around to call a particular number
1.[t][i]~ (sth)拨（电话号码）to use a telephone by pushing buttons or turning the dial to call a number
He dialled the number and waited.他拨号后便等着通话。
Dial 0033 for France.打电话到法国拨 0033。
'I'll just have to tell Santa about your misbehaviour, ' the mother said as she picked up the phone and dialed.
黛西的妈妈说：“我要把你们的坏行为告诉圣诞老人”，于是若有其事的拿起电话，还拨了号码。
I dialed the wrong number last summer; however, it acquainted me with an innocent and warmhearted young girl just like an angel.
去年夏天，因为一个错误的电话，我认识了一个天真无邪，善良的，犹如天使般的小女孩。
She walked down the hall and around the corner to where the telephones were. In a rage, she dialed her husband.
她走到大厅放置电话机的角落，怒气匆匆地拨通她丈夫的电话。
And he whipped out his cellphone, dialed the number, and a voice said, "I'm up here. "
于是他拿起了他的手机，拨了个号码，手机那边传来一个声音说，“我就在附近。”
one evening , nearly seven , her mother had not already come back , xiaoxiao was edgy , so she dialed her mother ' s cellphone.
一天傍晚，已经快七点了，妈妈还没有回来，晓晓心里很着急，拨通了妈妈的手机。
"I'm not sure the full magnitude of this mammoth South American feed grain crop is dialed into here, " he said.
“我不确定该预估是否完全反映了巨量的南美饲料谷物产量，”他表示。
I was just going to call you , as a matter of fact , I just dialed your number .
我正准备打电话给你，事实上，我刚才还在拨你的号码。
Sorry! The subscriber you dialed cannot be connected for the moment, please redial later.
对不起！您拨打的用户暂时无法接通，请稍后再拨。
Sorry, the phone you dialed do not answer for the moment, please redial later!
对不起，你拨打的电话暂时无人应答，请稍后再拨！
I dragged myself back to the apartment , dialed the number of his office and told them that it's an emergency .
我艰难地回到公寓，拨通了他办公室的号码并告诉他们我有急事。
I got the cell phone out of my jacket. I dialed her number and I moved around until I found reception in the middle of the room.
我从我的夹克衫里拿出手机，拨了她的电话号码，我走来走去，直到在房间的中央接通了她的电话。
But this week I picked up the phone, dialed Mr. Utah's number and said: "Hello, Taher! " The greeting might not sound like much.
但这个星期，我拿起电话，拨通了犹他州先生的电话号码，并说：“您好，塔希尔”问候语听起来并不多。
The subscriber you dialed is out of the service area at the moment.
您拨打的号码已离开服务区。
Sorry, the telephone you dialed is not be answered for the moment, please redial later.
对不起，您拨打的电话暂时无人接听，请稍后再拨
Then really without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, "Information Please. "
那时真的没想到我在做什么，我拨电话给家乡的总机说：「询问处。」
EXAMPLE: Merchandise buyers for fashionable clothing stores have got to be dialed in so they can predict what customers will buy.
时装店的商品采购商必须消息灵通，能够预测消费者要买些什么。
Everyone then read words they had unknowingly dialed and words that they had not keyed in.
每个人都不知不觉念出了这些词语，但实际上他们并没有键入这些词语。
To put things into perspective, imagine if every time you dialed a friend's phone number you had no idea whether it would ring or not.
衡量事情的角度试想，如果每次你拨打一个朋友的电话，你根本不知道他是否会圈与否。
The tensions were apparent one morning as the group dialed into a conference call from Chicago and China.
一天早上，这种紧张关系显露出来。他们在芝加哥和中国召开了电话会议。
Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, Information, Please.
之后，我没假思索，就拨通了家乡的接线员：请接信息台。简直是奇迹！
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