telephone operator

名词 telephone operator:

1. someone who helps callers get the person they are calling
   同义词：telephonist, switchboard operator

1. In telephony, a signal used by a telephone operator to gain the attention of another, or a signal sent by a subscriber held by an operator to gain the latter's attention.
   在电话技术中，电话操作员使用的一种信号，用来获得另一次注意，或由操作员保持的用户发送的一种信号，用以获得随后的注意。
2. The telephone operator cut us off before we had finished our conversation.
   我们还没谈完话，电话接线员就切断了我们的谈话。
3. The telephone operator said to the caller: "Hello, the number you wanted is ringing out now."
   电话接线员对打电话的人说：“喂，你要的那个号码现在振铃了。”