telegraph
telegraph 英 [ˈtelɪgrɑ:f] 美 [ˈtelɪgræf]
n. [通信] 电报机，电报 vt. 电汇；流露出；打电报给… vi. 打电报
进行时:telegraphing 过去式:telegraphed 过去分词:telegraphed 第三人称单数:telegraphs 名词复数:telegraphs
- Forget about the internet! Before even the telephone was invented, the telegraph — a device used to communicate via electronic signals — was the main mode of communicating long distance. We've come a long way!
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- n. [通信] 电报机，电报
- vt. 电汇；流露出；打电报给…
- vi. 打电报
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1. telegraph to her parents at once.
立即给她父母打电报。
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2. But just as our diplomats eventually mastered the telegraph, they are doing the same to harness the potential of these new tools as well.
但正如我们的外交人员最终还是掌握了电报一样，他们也在为掌握这些新工具的潜力而努力。
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3. When James heard of the news by telegraph, he cried Lou's name in tears.
当詹姆斯通过电报听说了这个消息后，他流着泪哭喊路的名字。
- telegraph (n.) 1794, "semaphor apparatus" (hence the Telegraph Hill in many cities), literally "that which writes at a distance," from French télégraphe, from télé- "far" (from Greek tele-; see tele-) + -graphe (see -graphy). The signaling device had been invented in France in 1791 by the brothers Chappe, who had called it tachygraphe, literally "that which writes fast," but the better name was suggested to them by French diplomat Comte André-François Miot de Mélito (1762-1841). First applied 1797 to an experimental electric telegraph (designed by Dr. Don Francisco Salva at Barcelona); the practical version was developed 1830s by U.S. inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872). Meaning "telegraphic message" is from 1821. Related: Telegraphy.
- telegraph (v.) 1805, from telegraph (n.). Figurative meaning "to signal one's intentions" is first attested 1925, originally in boxing. Related: Telegraphed; telegraphing.
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