telephone operator

基本解释

He dialed the telephone operator.
他拨号给了电话总机.
In 1937 she moved to Salisbury, where she worked as a telephone operator for a year.
1937年，莱辛迁居索尔兹伯里，做了一年的电话接线员。
Hello, I'm calling in answer to your advertisement in yesterday's Yang Cheng Evening News for an English telephone operator.
你好，我打电话来是想应聘你们昨天在《羊城晚报》登广告招聘的英语话务员一职。
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One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.

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