一、详细释义:


n.

电报,电讯


例句:

Among these were a relay booster for telegraph lines and a fire-safety curtain for theaters.

其中包括电报线路的继电调压器和剧院防火帘。


例句:

Do you happen to know where the telegraph office is?

您知道电报局在哪儿吗?


例句:

The news came by [telegraph].

消息以电报传来。


电报机,信号机


例句:

Send the message on the telegraph.

将这个消息用电报机发出。


例句:

In this way, telegraph operators could transmit and receive letters that spelled words.

这样,电报机操作员就可以发送和接收拼成词语的字母。


v.

打电报,发电报;电汇 [I,T]


例句:

You'd better telegraph.

你最好是打电报。


例句:

Shall I telegraph or telephone?

要我打电报还是打电话?


流露出 [T]


例句:

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。


例句:

There's a look about him that telegraphed bad news.

他那副样子流露出有坏消息。


二、词义辨析:


cable,telegram,telegraph

这些名词都有“电报”之意。 cable通常指通过海底电缆打的电报,也可指广义的电报。 telegram常用词,指通过电报系统发出的信息,尤指具体的一份份电报。 telegraph侧重指通信方式和电报业各,不可数名词,表想象概念。


三、相关短语:


telegraph line

n. 电报线路


telegraph pole

n. 电线杆


telegraph form

电报用纸,电报格式纸


telegraph key

发报电键


telegraph operator

电报员


telegraph plant

n. [植]舞草


telegraph wire

电报线


wireless telegraph

【电】 无线电报


四、参考例句:


Telegraph communication was broken off.

电报通讯已经中断。


Shall I telegraph or telephone?

要我打电报还是打电话?


The news came by telegraph.

消息以电报传来。


The truck crashed into a telegraph pole.

卡车撞到了电线杆上。


The truck crashed into a telegraph pole.


Do you happen to know where the telegraph office is?

您知道电报局在哪儿吗?


He sent me the news by wireless telegraph.

他用无线电报把消息告诉我。


The telegraph transmits messages to all parts of the world.

电报把信息传达到世界各地。


The Telegraph puts the union in a historical perspective.

《电讯报》从历史的角度对该工会进行了报道。


For 100 yuan The Telegraph acquired a sick note.

《电讯报》记者花100元买了一张病假条。