answerphone
noun [ C ] mainly UK uk/ˈɑːn.sə.fəʊn/ us/ˈæn.sɚ.foʊn/ (US usually answering machine)
电话答录机；（自动应答）录音电话机
a device connected to a phone that answers calls automatically and records messages from the person calling
She wasn't in so I left a message on her answerphone. 她不在家，所以我在她的电话答录机上留了言。
I called several times last week, but I kept getting his answerphone. 上周我给他打了几次电话，但总是听到电话答录机的声音。
- More examples
- The voice on the answerphone said "Please leave any message after the beep".
- He left a rather garbled message on my answerphone.
- Outside office hours clients can leave messages on our answerphone.
- When she's busy getting the children to bed, she usually leaves the answerphone on.
- I rang but only got the answerphone, so I went round to check that she was ok.