phone tag

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail. idiomatic,uncountable
    — "What frequently results is a game of phone tag. One party tries to reach another, is unable to, and leaves voice-mail indicating an interest in finding a time to meet. The other party returns the call, more often than not fails to reach the original caller, and leaves voice-mail in response."

词源

phone + tag (children's game)
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