telephonist

1. 电话接线员;话务员
   A telephonist is someone who works at a telephone exchange or whose job is to answer the telephone for a business or other organization.

1. Telephonist: Oh, its a reserved opera named "The Monkey Creaters Havoc in Heaven".
   接线员：哦，那是一场保留剧目，名叫“大闹天宫”。
2. Telephonist: Yes, we have subtitles both in Chinese and English on the big-screen just beside the stage.
   接线员：有的，舞台旁边的大屏幕上会同时呈现中文和英文字幕。
3. ( of a telephonist) put sb into contact by telephone telephone operator's set
   给服务台（和话务员通话）（话务员）给某人接通电话
4. The telephonist asked the caller to hold on while she connected him.
   话务员要打电话的人别挂断电话，她替他接通电话。
5. A telephonist is supposed to have local knowledge.
   话务员应该熟悉当地情况。
6. ( of a telephonist) put sb into contact by telephone The telephone operator who looks up telephong ( telephone) numbers uses a computer.
   （话务员）给某人接通电话电话接线员使用电脑来查询电话号码。

noun

1. someone who helps callers get the person they are calling

   Synonym:    telephone operatorswitchboard operator