telephonist

/təˈlefənɪst/ (bre, ipa) · /təˈlefənɪst/ (ame, ipa) · /tə-ˈle-fə-nist How to pronounce telephonist (audio) ˈte-lə-ˌfō-nist How to pronounce telephonist (audio)/ (ame, mw)

telephonist — 名詞

  • telephonistsingular
  • telephonistsplural

1. someone whose job is to answer and connect phone calls using a special board wit

1.名詞B2
釋義

接線生

在公司或飯店操作電話總機的接線人員

someone whose job is to answer and connect phone calls using a special board with many phone lines, usually in a large office, hotel, or telephone exchange

例句

The hotel telephonist connected Lucía's call to the manager's office right away.

飯店的接線生立刻把 Lucía 的電話轉接到經理辦公室。

hotel telephonist + connect [someone's] call

Before the internet, a large company often needed several telephonists to manage all incoming calls.

在網際網路普及之前，大公司往往需要好幾位接線生來處理所有來電。

同義詞
  • switchboard operator

    more widely understood in both US and UK; less formal than 'telephonist'

  • operator

    shorter and more common in everyday speech; also used for non-telephone machinery

  • call center agent

    modern equivalent; works with computer-managed calls instead of a physical switchboard

文法句型

work as a telephonist

hotel / office / hospital telephonist

用法筆記

This word sounds somewhat dated in modern English. In everyday conversation, 'operator' or 'switchboard operator' is more common, especially in the US.

常見錯誤

❌She works as a telephone in the hotel.
✅She works as a telephonist in the hotel.
💡'telephone' is the device, 'telephonist' is the person.