The switchboard operator was the hotel owner's wife.是什么意思？

The switchboard operator was the hotel owner's wife.

电话总台的接线员是旅馆老板的妻子。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

switchboard

n. 配电盘，电话交换机；

例句
He instructed switchboard staff to divert all Laura's calls to him.
他让总机接线员将劳拉所有的电话都转给他。

operator

n. 经营者，操作员，电话接线员，运算符；

例句
The operator expects the ship to be out of commission until the end of September.
技工预计这艘船到9月底才能修好。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

hotel

n. 旅馆，宾馆，酒店，饭店；vt. 使…在饭店下榻；vi. 进行旅馆式办公；

例句
...a hotel built to accommodate guests for the wedding of King Alfonso...
一家为接待前来参加阿方索国王婚礼的来宾而建的宾馆

wife

n. 妻子，太太，夫人，老婆，已婚妇女；

例句
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。