| 词汇 | telegraph |
| 释义 | telegraphWord family nountelegraphertelegraphesetelegraphisttelegraphytelegraph poletelegraphadjectivetelegraphicadverbtelegraphically Telephone, telegraph tel·e·graph1 /ˈteləɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/ noun 1. [uncountableU]TCT an old-fashioned method of sending messages using radio or electrical signals 电报 2. [countableC]TCT a piece of equipment that receives or sends messages in this way 电报机 —telegraphic /ˌteləˈɡræfɪk◂/ adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus telegraph• He provided a comprehensive network of farm buildings connected, it is said, by a telegraph system.• Shortly thereafter, the two nations opened postal, telegraph, telephone, and telex links.• Crowds gathered everywhere, in front of banks, the Merchants' Exchange, the telegraph offices.• In other words, the announcer would kill time until the telegraph details started flowing again. Telephone, telegraph telegraph2 verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TCT to send a message by telegraph （给…）发电报，发电文 Once he knew where we were, Lewis telegraphed every few hours. 一知道我们在哪里，刘易斯就每隔几小时发一份电报来。 2 [transitiveT] informalCLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND to let people know what you intend to do without saying anything 流露，暴露〔意图〕 A slight movement of the hand telegraphed his intention to shoot. 手微微一动就暴露了他想要开枪的意图。 Examples from the Corpus telegraph• The passage of the train was telegraphed forward from point to point throughout its journey.• They had called people together in New Jersey, prayed, then telegraphed him.• Hills' main weakness as quarterback is that he telegraphs his passes.• Its pictures of a divided society, licensed beggars and so on, telegraphed McEwan's concerns a little brashly.• By 1844, a Washington newspaper started printing telegraphed news from Maryland.• They tried to hit the symbolic spikes with a sledgehammer wired to telegraph the event of the blow, but they failed.• Barrett telegraphed the owner to see if he would sell the property.• I telegraphed you before I married and gave you the chance to stop it then. the TelegraphTelegraph, then n → see Daily Telegraph, The (1700-1800) French télégraphe, from télé- “tele-” + -graphe (from Late Latin -graphus “written”) |
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