Word
voicemail
语音信箱
核心释义
a telephone service that records and stores messages when you are unable to answer, so you can listen to them later
- 1.
一种计算机化交互式系统,用于存储、处理和回放通过传统电话网络留下的语音信息。
A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
- 2.
用于接听和转接电话的计算机系统；电话信息可以录制、存储和转发
a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
- 3.
此类系统上的一条留言。
An individual message on such a system.
一种计算机化交互式系统,用于存储、处理和回放通过传统电话网络留下的语音信息。；用于接听和转接电话的计算机系统；电话信息可以录制、存储和转发；此类系统上的一条留言。
用法In use
I check my voicemail every morning before I start work.
用法提示：此处“voicemail”为不可数名词，表示语音信箱系统。
She left three voicemails for me after the interview.
用法提示：此处“voicemails”为“voicemail”的复数形式，指具体的语音留言。
Please leave a voicemail with your name and number.
用法提示：此处“voicemail”构成“leave a voicemail”搭配，表示留语音留言。
leave (sb) a voicemail
也可说 leave a voicemail for sb，意思相同。
I left him a voicemail about the meeting.
我给他留了一条关于会议的语音信箱留言。
check one's voicemail
此处 voicemail 指语音信箱系统或留言总称，通常不可数，不加 a。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- leave a voicemail
- 留语音留言
- I called him, but I had to leave a voicemail.我给他打了电话，但只好留了语音留言。
- check voicemail
- 查看语音信箱
- Let me check voicemail for any messages.让我查看一下语音信箱里有没有留言。
- voicemail message
- 语音留言
- I deleted the voicemail message after listening to it.我听过后删掉了那条语音留言。
- voicemail box
- 语音信箱
- My voicemail box is full.我的语音信箱已经满了。
- listen to voicemail
- 听语音留言
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把voice（声音）像mail（邮件）一样寄进信箱，留言就是voicemail语音信箱。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：电话留言、办公沟通、手机通知 voicemail 是中性表达，多用于日常电话留言和办公语音留言场景，正式与非正式场合都较常见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the exact suffix -mail (mail, email, blackmail) and words ending in the -ail/-ale sound (snail, fail, sale) all share voicemail's final /eɪl/. Beware lookalikes such as mile /maɪl/ and meal /miːl/, which look similar but use different vowel sounds.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.