switchboard

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Related topics: Telephone, telegraph

switch·board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countableC]

TCTa system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etc, or the people who operate the system 电话交换台，电话总机；总机接线员

switchboard operators

电话总机接线员

Hundreds of callers jammed the switchboard trying to win the tickets (=there were too many calls for the switchboard to deal with).

几百个电话打进来想赢取门票，总机应接不暇。

Examples from the Corpus

switchboard• He doesn't like using hotel switchboards to transmit orders.• The White House switchboard tells her the President is in conference.• These are, possibly, switchboards of some sort.• You manage a telephone switchboard for a large governmental agency.• The girl who sat in the reception area and answered the switchboard was called Lucinda.• Extra operators had to be brought in to handle the switchboard overflow.• Residents jammed the switchboard of city authorities asking whether it was safe in the area.• One was typing and the other was operating the switchboard.

jammed the switchboard• Residents jammed the switchboard of city authorities asking whether it was safe in the area.

From Longman Business Dictionary

switchboardswitch·board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd-bɔːrd/ noun [countableC]

a system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etc

Calls must pass through the switchboard with the minimum delay.

Contact theswitchboard operator to arrange an early morning call.

单词	switchboard
释义	switchboard Word family adjectiveswitchableswitchynounswitcherswitchingswitchbackswitchbladeswitchboardswitchgearswitchgrassswitchmanswitch Related topics: Telephone, telegraph switch·board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countableC] TCTa system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etc, or the people who operate the system 电话交换台，电话总机；总机接线员 switchboard operators 电话总机接线员 Hundreds of callers jammed the switchboard trying to win the tickets (=there were too many calls for the switchboard to deal with). 几百个电话打进来想赢取门票，总机应接不暇。 Examples from the Corpus switchboard• He doesn't like using hotel switchboards to transmit orders.• The White House switchboard tells her the President is in conference.• These are, possibly, switchboards of some sort.• You manage a telephone switchboard for a large governmental agency.• The girl who sat in the reception area and answered the switchboard was called Lucinda.• Extra operators had to be brought in to handle the switchboard overflow.• Residents jammed the switchboard of city authorities asking whether it was safe in the area.• One was typing and the other was operating the switchboard. jammed the switchboard• Residents jammed the switchboard of city authorities asking whether it was safe in the area. From Longman Business Dictionary switchboardswitch·board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd-bɔːrd/ noun [countableC] a system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etc Calls must pass through the switchboard with the minimum delay. Contact theswitchboard operator to arrange an early morning call.
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