answerphone
noun (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. 我给他打了几次电话，但一直没人接。 She put on the answerphone before she went out. 她出去前接通了电话答录机。 We can take orders for any goods on our 24-hour answerphone. 我们可以通过24小时电话应答接受任何商品的订单。