telegraphs

英 [ˈtelɪɡrɑːfs]

美 [ˈtelɪɡræfs]

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)
telegraph的第三人称单数和复数

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.
  1. Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell...
     丘吉尔给韦维尔发了封紧急电报。
  2. 'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'...
     “拜托，”他在电报中说，“别管它了。”
  3. He telegraphed to me asking me to do something.
     他给我发来电报，叫我做点什么。
• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Telegraphs were used to send simple messages over long distances.
  电报是用来长距离传送简单信息的。
• Hydrologic telegraphs are a major hydrologic data source of the Three Gorges cascade reservoir scheduling automation system.
  水文拍报是三峡梯级水调自动化系统的主要原始水情数据来源之一。
• The transmission errors and artificial factors lead to the nonstandard contents of telegraphs, which make the difficulties for the computer to process.
  由于传输差错及人为因素引起了报文的非标准化，计算机自动处理困难。
• Telegraphs have been largely replaced by other forms of telecommunications, such as fax machines and electronic mail ( e-mail), but they are still used in some parts of the world to send messages.
  电报机在很大程度上已被其他电信形式所取代，如传真机和电子邮件，但在世界有些地方，电报机仍然用来发送信息。
• And the letters and telegraphs attached after the thesis in these archives are settled as a kind of original material.
  而这些相关档案中的书信、电报等，经整理后也作为重要的原始资料附于文后。