operators

英 [ˈɒpəreɪtəz]

美 [ˈɑpəˌreɪtərz]

n. 操作人员; 技工; 电话员; 接线员; (某企业的)经营者，专业公司
operator的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 电话接线员
Anoperatoris a person who connects telephone calls at a telephone exchange or in a place such as an office or hotel.
1. He dialled the operator and put in a call for Rome.
  他拨了接线员的号，让他接通一个到罗马的电话。
N-COUNT （机器）操作员，技工
Anoperatoris a person who is employed to operate or control a machine.
1. ...computer operators.
  计算机操作员
N-COUNT （企业的）经营者；运营公司
Anoperatoris a person or a company that runs a business.
1. ...'Tele-Communications', the nation's largest cable TV operator.
  全国最大的有线电视运营商“电视通信公司”
N-COUNT 精明圆滑的人；善于取巧的人
If you call someone a goodoperator, you mean that they are skilful at achieving what they want, often in a slightly dishonest way.
1. He was a smart operator. Don't underestimate him.
  他这个人精明圆滑，可别小瞧了他。
2. ...one of the shrewdest political operators in the Arab World.
  阿拉伯世界最精明狡猾的政客之一
See also:tour operator