"switchboard" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 总机
• 配电盘

Definition

总机是用于连接和控制建筑物内电话呼叫或管理电路的中央设备。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多指早期的手动电话交换系统，也可以指控制电路的配电盘。现代办公环境多用“前台”代替电话总机。

Examples

The switchboard connected all the calls in the hotel.

酒店里的**总机**负责接通所有电话。

Please call the main office switchboard for information.

请拨打主办公室的**总机**查询信息。

The electrician fixed the switchboard in the building.

电工修好了大楼里的**配电盘**。

When I started working here, we still had a real switchboard with cords.

我刚来这里工作时，我们还有真的插线**总机**。

Can you transfer me to human resources through the switchboard?

你能通过**总机**帮我转到人力资源部吗？

After the storm, the old switchboard kept cutting off power.

暴风雨后，老**配电盘**不断断电。