telegraph
n. 電報; 電訊; 電報機; 訊號機
vt.& vi. 打電報; 流露出; 電匯; 用電報通知
vt. 用電報傳送; 打電報向(某人)發指令; 電匯; 電購
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...
丘吉爾給韋維爾發了封緊急電報。
'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'...
“拜託,”他在電報中說,“別管它了。”
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.
本月早些時候,委員會命令一位官員準備起草指令,透露了其決定。
1. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
1. send cables, wires, or telegrams
cable, telegram, telegraph
這些名詞都有"電報"之意。
He heard the news through the bush telegraph.
我從小道訊息聽說這個事了.
The telegraph operator was right.
報務員說的一點不錯.
The bush telegraph tells me you are likely to become our new manager.
有人告訴我,你可能當我們的新經理.
A telegraph usually meant bad news.
電報通常都是壞訊息.
He told me that he loved the picture of his daughter in The Daily Telegraph.
他告訴我他喜愛《每日電訊》上他女兒的照片.