Word
voicemail
语音信箱
a telephone service that records and stores messages when you are unable to answer, so you can listen to them later
- 1.
A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
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。
- 2.
a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed
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
- 3.
An individual message on such a system.
此类系统上的一条留言。
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。
In use
I check my voicemail every morning before I start work.
She left three voicemails for me after the interview.
Please leave a voicemail with your name and number.
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。
She checked her voicemail after the flight.
她下飞机后查了语音信箱。
get a voicemail from sb
要说明留言人时，用 from 引出。
Connections
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
- He listened to voicemail as soon as he got home.他一到家就听了语音留言。
Synonyms
Learner notes
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。
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。
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.
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.