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answering machine

noun
🔊/ˈɑːnsərɪŋ məʃiːn/
🔊/ˈænsərɪŋ məʃiːn/
(British English also answerphone)
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  1. a machine that you connect to your phone to answer your calls and record any message left by the person calling电话答录机
    • I called several times, but only got the answering machine.我打了几次电话，但只有电话答录机答话。🔊🔊
    Topics Phones, email and the internetb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAnswering machine is used before these nouns:
    • message
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