telegraph
英 [ˈtelɪɡrɑːf]
美 [ˈtelɪɡræf]
n. 电报(通信方式)
v. 打电报; 用电报发送(电文); 电告; (无意中)流露(思想)，泄露(动机)
复数：telegraphs 过去式：telegraphed 过去分词：telegraphed 现在分词：telegraphing 第三人称单数：telegraphs
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同义词辨析
telegramcabletelegraphwire【导航词义：电报】
telegramn. 电报，电文
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指通过电报系统发出的信息，强调具体的一份份电报。
〔例证〕
This telegram must be sent at once.
这封电报必须立即发出。
He received an urgent telegram from his father.
他收到父亲的一封加急电报。
What do you mean by a government telegram?
请问什么是政务电报?
这封电报必须立即发出。
He received an urgent telegram from his father.
他收到父亲的一封加急电报。
What do you mean by a government telegram?
请问什么是政务电报?
cablen. 电报
〔辨析〕
通常指通过海底电缆传输的电报；也可指普通的电报，此时常可与telegram换用。
〔例证〕
When will this cable arrive in Paris?
这封海底电报何时会到巴黎？
He received a transoceanic cable from Boston.
他收到了一封从波士顿来的越洋电报。
To be more exact, it is a commercial cable/telegram.
更确切地说，这是一封商业电报。
May I have a form for sending a cable/telegram?
请给我一张发电报的电报纸好吗?
这封海底电报何时会到巴黎？
He received a transoceanic cable from Boston.
他收到了一封从波士顿来的越洋电报。
To be more exact, it is a commercial cable/telegram.
更确切地说，这是一封商业电报。
May I have a form for sending a cable/telegram?
请给我一张发电报的电报纸好吗?
telegraphn. 电报
〔辨析〕
不可数名词，强调电报的通信方式或电报业务。
〔例证〕
These islands are connected by telegraph.
这些岛屿用电报联系。
The telegraph between the two regions has been cut.
这两个地区之间的电报业务已经中断。
Telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in 1844.
1844年塞缪尔·莫尔斯发明了电报。
这些岛屿用电报联系。
The telegraph between the two regions has been cut.
这两个地区之间的电报业务已经中断。
Telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in 1844.
1844年塞缪尔·莫尔斯发明了电报。
wiren. 〈美〉电报
〔辨析〕
与 telegram 同义，但多用于非正式场合。
〔例证〕
Don't worry, I'll send him a wire.
别担心，我会给他发电报的。
I sent a wire to my wife this morning.
今天上午我给妻子发了电报。
别担心，我会给他发电报的。
I sent a wire to my wife this morning.
今天上午我给妻子发了电报。
牛津词典
noun
- 电报（通信方式）
a method of sending messages over long distances, using wires that carry electrical signals
verb
- 打电报；用电报发送（电文）；电告
to send a message by telegraph - （无意中）流露（思想），泄露（动机）
to make it clear to people what you are going to do, often without intending to
柯林斯词典
- 电报(指通信系统)
Telegraphis a system of sending messages over long distances, either by means of electricity or by radio signals. Telegraph was used more often before the invention of telephones. - VERB 给…发电报;用电报发送(信息)
Totelegraphsomeone means to send them a message by telegraph.- Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell...
丘吉尔给韦维尔发了封紧急电报。 - 'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'...
“拜托，”他在电报中说，“别管它了。” - He telegraphed to me asking me to do something.
他给我发来电报，叫我做点什么。
- Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell...
- VERB 流露，透露(计划或意图)
If someonetelegraphssomething that they are planning or intending to do, they make it obvious, either deliberately or accidentally, that they are going to do it.- The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order.
本月早些时候，委员会命令一位官员准备起草指令，透露了其决定。
- The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order.
英英释义
noun
- apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
verb
双语例句
- 'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'
“拜托，”他在电报中说，“别管它了。” - I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.
我为他代写《电讯报》每周的橄榄球专栏。 - He built a telegraph machine and quickly learned to send and receive telegraph messages.
他制作了一个电报机并很快学会了发电报和收电报。 - A change from one significant condition to another in a telegraph or a data signal.
在电报或数据信号中，从一个有效状态到另一个有效状态的一种变化。 - Shall I telegraph or telephone?
要我打电报还是打电话？ - It was first picked up by The Telegraph, then the Daily Mail and The Vancouver Sun.
这组照片最先刊登在《每日电讯报》上，之后又出现在了《每日邮报》和《温哥华太阳报》上。 - A new telegraph line has been set up between the two cities.
那两个城市之间架设了一条新的电报线。 - Telegraph communication was broken off.
电讯中断了。 - The telegraph has been cut between the two cities.
这两座城市之间的电报业务已经中断。 - Incorporation of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York City.
纽约市美国电话公司和电报公司合并。