“忙音”常见的英文表达是 busy tone 或 engaged tone。
busy tone:在电信领域使用广泛,指当被叫方线路忙、占线时,主叫方听到的持续提示音,例如:I kept getting a busy tone when I tried to call her.(我给她打电话时,一直听到忙音 。)
engaged tone: “engaged”有“占线、忙线”的意思, “engaged tone”同样表示占线提示音,在英式英语中更为常用,如:We heard the engaged tone all the time we were trying to phone.(我们打电话时一直听到占线音 。)