The operator took a description of the robbers and sent a police car. (Para. 28)
Meaning: The operator wrote down my account of what the robbers looked like and sent a police car.
operator: here the word refers to a person at the phone company who helps you make a call
An operator can help you make a phone call or give you a phone number if you don't know it.電話接線員能幫你接通電話,或者在你不知道電話號碼時(shí),告訴你號碼。
If you want to make a collect call, the operator will help you. 如果你要打?qū)Ψ礁顿M(fèi)的電話,接線員能給予你幫助。
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