telegraph
n. 电报; 电讯; 电报机; 信号机
vt.& vi. 打电报; 流露出; 电汇; 用电报通知
vt. 用电报发送; 打电报向(某人)发指令; 电汇; 电购
Telegraph is 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.
To telegraph someone means to send them a message by telegraph.
Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell...
丘吉尔给韦维尔发了封紧急电报。
'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'...
“拜托,”他在电报中说,“别管它了。”
If someone telegraphs something that they are planning or intending to do, they make it obvious, either deliberately or accidentally, that they are going to do it.
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。
1. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
1. send cables, wires, or telegrams
cable, telegram, telegraph
这些名词都有"电报"之意。
He heard the news through the bush telegraph.
我从小道消息听说这个事了.
The telegraph operator was right.
报务员说的一点不错.
The bush telegraph tells me you are likely to become our new manager.
有人告诉我,你可能当我们的新经理.
A telegraph usually meant bad news.
电报通常都是坏消息.
He told me that he loved the picture of his daughter in The Daily Telegraph.
他告诉我他喜爱《每日电讯》上他女儿的照片.