telephone switchboard; main exchange
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telephone switchboard; main exchange (used within an organization to connect extensions and outside lines)
Refers to the central telephone system in a hotel, company, or other organization that handles incoming and outgoing calls and connects them to internal extensions.
Qǐng请
bō拨
dǎ打
zǒng总
jī机
zhuǎn转
fēn分
jī机
yī1
èr2
sān3
。
Please dial the switchboard and ask for extension 123.
Jiǔ酒
diàn店
zǒng总
jī机
èr二
shí十
sì四
xiǎo小
shí时
yǒu有
rén人
zhí值
bān班
。
The hotel switchboard is manned twenty-four hours a day.
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Zǒng总
jī机
kě可
yǐ以
bāng帮
nǐ你
jiē接
tōng通
wài外
xiàn线
。
The switchboard can connect you to an outside line.
Wǒ我
men们
gōng公
sī司
de的
zǒng总
jī机
huài坏
le了
,
qǐng请
dǎ打
shǒu手
jī机
lián联
xì系
。
Our company's switchboard is broken; please contact me by mobile phone.