telegraph

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n. 电报, 电报机 vi. 打电报 vt. 打电报给, 电汇, 流露, 显示出要...的样子

发音

UK /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹɑːf/
其它
UK /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹɑːf/
CA /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/
US /ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/
CA /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/
US /ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/

词形变化

telegraphs 复数 telegraphed telegraphing telegraphs 三单 telegraphs telegraphing 现在分词 telegraphed 过去式 telegraphed 过去分词

别名

tel Tel. teleg.

教材释义与例句

名词

[通信] 电报机,电报

an old-fashioned method of sending messages using radio or electrical signals

动词

电汇;流露出;打电报给…

to send a message by telegraph

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.

    This strict sense of telegraph developed from French usage for Napoleon's overland semaphore network but rather arbitrarily excludes similar Chinese and other signalling networks.

  2. 2.

    The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables.

    电报

    电报机

    电信

    历史

    The first message transmitted by telegraph in the United States was WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT.

  3. 3.

    A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.

    游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To use a telegraph; to send a message by telegraph.

  2. 2.

    To clearly communicate to another nonverbally (whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign), and especially unintentionally.

    比喻

    Her frown telegraphed her displeasure.

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词源

Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”).

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