answerphone
noun🔊/ˈɑːnsəfəʊn/
🔊/ˈænsərfəʊn/
(British English) (also answering machine British and North American English)
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 Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the internetb1I phoned him a few times, but I kept getting the answerphone. 我给他打过几次电话，但我一直接听电话。 She put on the answerphone before she went out. 她出门前戴了应答电话。 We can take orders for any goods on our 24-hour answerphone. 我们可以在24小时应答电话上订购任何商品。