switchboard
noun
ˈswɪtʃbɔːd
noun
1
a
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。