Word · Frequency #12373
switchboards
电话总机；交换台
switchboards is the plural of switchboard.
telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
- 1.
The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
用于将电话呼叫转接至目标接收方的电子面板。
- 2.
telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
用塞绳接通电路的电话总机
- 3.
A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
将电力分配到多个负载的大型配电设备。
用于将电话呼叫转接至目标接收方的电子面板。；用塞绳接通电路的电话总机；将电力分配到多个负载的大型配电设备。；配电盘；接线总机；[电] 交换台
In use
The hotel's old switchboard could only connect a few calls at a time.
She worked at the telephone company's switchboard for twenty years.
Please ask the switchboard to connect you to the manager's office.
work at the switchboard
work at the switchboard 表示在总机岗位上工作；switchboard 前通常用 the。
She works at the switchboard from nine to five.
她从九点到五点在总机工作。
the switchboard + [verb]
switchboard 作主语时，常与 connect、handle 等及物动词搭配。
The switchboard connected all the calls without delay.
总机把所有电话都及时接通了。
on the switchboard
on the switchboard 可指在交换台面板上，也可表示处于接线状态。
Connections
Collocations
- switchboard operator
- 电话总机接线员
- She worked as a switchboard operator for twenty years.她当了二十年电话总机接线员。
- telephone switchboard
- 电话交换台
- The hotel's telephone switchboard was old but reliable.这家旅馆的电话交换台虽然老旧，但很可靠。
- manual switchboard
- 人工交换台
- In the 1960s, most calls went through a manual switchboard.在20世纪60年代，大多数电话都要经过人工交换台。
- electrical switchboard
- 配电盘
- The electrical switchboard distributes power to the whole building.配电盘向整栋大楼供电。
- switchboard room
- 总机室
- The switchboard room was staffed around the clock.总机室全天有人值班。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
switch（开关）+ board（板）→ 接线总机就是一块布满开关的板子，接线员把插头插到对应孔里接通电话。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：telephone exchange、hotel reception、corporate office 该词指电话交换台、总机，通常用于技术说明、历史叙述或电信机房、酒店前台等工作场景，属于中性书面用词；在现代日常口语中不太常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 switchboard 的 -board 部分押韵的是 board、blackboard、keyboard、billboard，都以 /bɔrd/ 结尾。switch 只与开头 /swɪtʃ/ 相同，不是整词韵脚。cupboard 拼写含 -board，但读作 /ˈkʌbərd/，注意不要按拼写读成 /bɔrd/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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