单词 | telegraph |
释义 | telegraph /'teligrazf US: -graef; 'trlsrsek/ n means of, apparatus for, sending messages by the use of electric current along wires or by wireless. 电报; 电报机。 '~-post/-pole n post supporting ~ wire(s). 电线海。 '■ line/-wire n wire along which messages (including telephone messages) travel. 电线; 电线线路。 bush ~ n sending of messages over long distances by smoke signals, beating of drums, etc. 丛林传信术 (借烟火讯号、擂鼓等辗转传信至远方的方法) 。 vj, vt [VP6A, 12A, 13A, 11, 2A] send (news, etc) by 以电报传达 (消息等): Shall I ~ or telephone? 我该打电报还是打电话? He ~ed (to) his brother. 他打电报给他的哥哥 (弟弟) 。 (Note: send a telegram and send a cable are commoner than the use of the v.) (注意: send a telegram 及 send a cable 较 telegraph 的动词用法更为普遍。) tebegrapher /ti'legra-fa (r); ts'Iesrskv/ n skilled operator whose work is to send and receive messages by 电报员; 报务员。 ~ic //teh'graefik; /tela1 graefik/ adj sent by, suitable for, connected with, the 电报的; 苗电报发送的; 适于电报的; 有关电报的: a ~ic address, abbreviated address or brief registered address, for use in telegrams. 电报挂号。 ~ically /-kh; -kli/ adv telegraphese /|teligra'fi: z; yteiagrae-'fiz/ n [U] style of language used in telegrams (with unessential words omitted). (省略非必要字初的) 电报文体。 tebegraphist /ti'legrafist; ts'Ie-grafist/ n ~ ~er. telegraphy /ti'legrafi; ta'lc-grsfi/ n [U] art, science, process, of sending and receiving messages by of constructing ~ic apparatus, etc. 电报术; 电报学; 电报收发过程; 电报机装置术、学或其过程。 |
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