柯林斯詞典switchboard /?sw?t??b??d/ (switchboards) 1. N-COUNT A switchboard is a place in a large office or business where all the telephone calls are connected. 電話(huà)總機(jī) He asked to be connected to the central switchboard. 他要求轉(zhuǎn)接到電話(huà)總機(jī)。 返回 switchboard劍橋詞典a piece of equipment , used especially in the past, for directing all the phone calls made to and from a particular building or area 電話(huà)總機(jī)，電話(huà)交換臺(tái) 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，傷心哭泣的歌迷紛紛打電話(huà)到電臺(tái)，使總機(jī)忙得不可開(kāi)交。 Ask the switchboard operator for the extension number you require . 讓總機(jī)把你轉(zhuǎn)到你要找的分機(jī)號(hào)。 返回 switchboard