| 单词 | telephone answering service |
| 释义 | > as lemmastelephone answering service answering service n. (a) the service given in answering telephone calls; (b) (also more fully telephone answering service) an agency that receives and answers telephone calls for its clients; (c) an answering machine regarded as providing a service. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > telephone services answering service1904 information1910 speaking clock1934 talking clock1936 TIM1936 telebus1942 wake-up service1946 subscriber trunk dialling1952 freephone1959 telephone hotline1961 WATS1962 call waiting1963 night line1970 phone-in1970 telephone helpline1970 help-line1980 line1983 Cellnet1984 chat line1984 Vodafone1984 telepoint1987 callback1992 1904 Electr. Rev. 17 Dec. 1006/2 In an effort to determine the quality of the service made, many managers are content if the answering service is prompt. 1939 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 20 July 6/5 Amsden is the creator of a utility known as Telephone Answering Service, which answers about a million calls a year. 1941 L. G. Blochman See you at Morgue (1946) xiv. 95 I was using the telephone answering service. 1952 W. Marchant To be Continued (1980) 20 I telephoned you yesterday but your answering service told me you were in Connecticut. 1962 Financial Times 13 Oct. 10/6 The machine gives an automatic answering service and records any incoming messages. 1963 Negro Digest May 15/1 Let her save up for an answering service. 1984 Listener 1 Nov. 2/3 BT runs..radio phones and pagers, answering services, and recently has even gone into manufacturing its own slimphones. 1985 K. Govier in R. Sullivan More Stories by Canad. Women (1987) 56 She started calling around... Joanne wasn't home. Don wasn't home. Don's boss wasn't home. Ellen had her answering service on. 1999 C. Dolan Ascension Day (2000) viii. 164 When she got home, there was a message for her on her answering service, which was a nice surprise. 2008 Daily Independent (Ashland, Kentucky) (Nexis) 31 Mar. When a local family does have an emergency situation, it is usually James who picks up the telephone instead of an answering service. < as lemmas |
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