operator

英 [ˈɒpəreɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈɑːpəreɪtər]

n. 操作人员; 技工; 电话员; 接线员; (某企业的)经营者，专业公司

复数：operators　

Collins.3 / BNC.2700 / COCA.3210

牛津词典

noun

操作人员；技工
a person who operates equipment or a machine
1. a computer/machine operator
  电脑 / 机器操作员
电话员；接线员
a person who works on the telephone switchboard of a large company or organization, especially at a telephone exchange
（某企业的）经营者，专业公司
a person or company that runs a particular business
1. a tour operator
  经营旅游业者
2. a bus operator
  公共汽车公司
投机取巧者；善于钻营的人；骗子
a person who is skilful at getting what they want, especially when this involves behaving in a dishonest way
1. a smooth/slick/shrewd operator
  一个八面玲珑 / 油嘴滑舌 / 工于心计的取巧者
算子
a symbol or function which represents an operation in mathematics

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

noun

a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
Synonym:hustlerwheeler dealer
an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
1. the operator of the switchboard
Synonym:manipulator
someone who owns or operates a business
1. who is the operator of this franchise?
a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation