butt call 屁股电话/误打电话[08.25]
Butt Call is a term used for an unintended phone call placed by sitting on your cell phone. Butt call屁股电话,是指坐在手机上面拨打出的电话。Butt call因此成为“误拨电话”的代名词。跟butt call相似的另一个表达是pocket call,即手机放在口袋里不小心碰到通话键而拨出的电话。
Examples:
I butt called my mum by accident. 我不小心给妈妈打了通屁股电话。
I just got a butt call from my boss. I could hear him talking to someone, but he didn’t know his phone had dialed. 我接到老板的一个误打电话。我能听到他正在和别人通话,但他不知道电话已经拨通了。