a piece of equipment, used especially in the past, for directing all the phone calls made to and from a particular building or area电话总机,电话交换台
Tearful fans jammed the radio station's switchboard after the singer's death (= so many people called that all the phones were busy).歌手去世之后,伤心哭泣的歌迷纷纷打电话到电台,使总机忙得不可开交。
Ask the switchboard operator for the extension number you require.让总机把你转到你要找的分机号。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SWITCHBOARD | SWITCHBOARD + VERB | SWITCHBOARD + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤telephone電話交換機VERB + SWITCHBOARD➤call, ring (BrE) 呼叫/撥打總機▸➤flood, jam使總機應接不暇/堵塞◇The switchboard was jammed with furious calls.憤怒的投訴電話令總機應接不暇。➤be on, man, work on接聽總機;操作總機SWITCHBOARD + VERB➤light up總機交換台變亮SWITCHBOARD + NOUN➤operator總機接線員PREPOSITION➤on a/the switchboard在值守總機◇the man on the switchboard總機接線員➤through a/the switchboard通過總機◇All calls must pass through the switchboard.所有的電話都必須通過交換機。