switchboard

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Telephone, telegraph

switch·board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]  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 Dictionaryswitchboardswitch‧board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd-bɔːrd/ noun [countable] a system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etcCalls must pass through the switchboard with the minimum delay.Contact theswitchboard operator to arrange an early morning call.

switch·board nounChineseSyllable  

to Corpus a office used connect telephone calls an building, Business in system

switchboard
switch‧board /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ noun [countable]
a system used to connect telephone calls in an office building, hotel etc, or the people who operate the system:
    switchboard operators
    Hundreds of callers jammed the switchboard trying to win the tickets (=there were too many calls for the switchboard to deal with).

switch·boardBrE /ˈswɪtʃbɔːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈswɪtʃbɔːrd/ 🔊 nounthe central part of a telephone system used by a company, etc., where telephone calls are answered and put through(= connected) to the appropriate person or department; the people who work this equipment （电话的）交换机，交换台，总机◆a switchboard operator交换台接线员◆Call the switchboard and ask for extension 410. 你先打电话到总机，然后要求转分机 410。🔊🔊◆Hundreds of fans jammed the switchboard for over an hour. 在一个多小时里，好几百个崇拜者打去电话，交换台应接不暇。🔊🔊