名词

1. 电话接线员
An operator is a person who connects telephone calls at a telephone exchange or in a place such as an office or hotel.

2. （机器）操作员，技工
An operator is a person who is employed to operate or control a machine.

3. （企业的）经营者；运营公司
An operator is a person or a company that runs a business.

4. 精明圆滑的人；善于取巧的人
If you call someone a good operator, you mean that they are skilful at achieving what they want, often in a slightly dishonest way.

5. see also: tour operator

1. a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

Synonym: hustlerwheeler dealer

2. an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

e.g. the operator of the switchboard

Synonym: manipulator

3. someone who owns or operates a business

e.g. who is the operator of this franchise?

4. a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets

5. (mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation