text-messaging
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtekst ˌmes.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/ us/ˈtekst ˌmes.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/ (also texting)
发短信
the activity of sending someone a text message by phone
We would like to see a ban on text-messaging while driving. 我们希望看到禁止在开车时发短信的规定。
See: text message
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- Companies are considering the use of cell phones and text-messaging to send out passwords.
- a ticket-sales system that would allow fans to sign up for a text-messaging service alerting them on game day when extra tickets are available
- Is text-messaging contributing to sleep deprivation?
- Her incessant text-messaging racked up a huge phone bill on the family's wireless plan.
- Pennsylvania would become only the second state to ban text-messaging while driving.