telephonist
/tuh-lef-uh-nist, tel-uh-foh-/US // təˈlɛf ə nɪst, ˈtɛl əˌfoʊ- //UK // (tɪˈlɛfənɪst) //
传呼员,电讯员,传真员,电传人员
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chiefly British.
- : a telephone switchboard operator.
Examples
The doctor toddled off, and I got the telephonist to ring through to the colonel.
His command consisted of five riflemen, a telephonist, a linesman, and two stretcher-bearers.
In registering guns you take a telephonist and linesmen with you.
"Plus 3," announced the telephonist, repeating an order from the distant Captain.
"Plus 4," sang out the telephonist, and there was a mechanical repetition of operations.
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