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Telegraph N Messages   [V Sending Send Ed Telegraphed

The word 'telegraph' can refer to the communication system for sending messages, or the act of sending such a message. It can also be used metaphorically to mean making one's intentions obvious.

电报(指通信系统); 给…发电报;用电报发送(信息); 流露,透露(计划或意图)

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/te̱lɪgrɑːf, -græf/
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]电报(指通信系统) 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.
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    [VERB 动词]给…发电报;用电报发送(信息) To telegraph someone means to send them a message by telegraph.
      [V n to n]
      [V with quote]
      [V to n]
      [Also V n]
    • 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。”

    • He telegraphed to me asking me to do something.

      他给我发来电报,叫我做点什么。

    3
    [VERB 动词]流露,透露(计划或意图) 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.
      [V n]
    • 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。


    Oxford tele·graph / ˈtelɪɡrɑːf ; NAmE ˈtelɪɡræf /
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    telegraph telegraphs telegraphed telegraphing
    noun [uncountable ] a method of sending messages over long distances, using wires that carry electrical signals 电报(通信方式) verb 1 [intransitive ,  transitive ] telegraph(sth) to send a message by telegraph 打电报;用电报发送(电文);电告 2 [transitive ] telegraphsth to make it clear to people what you are going to do, often without intending to (无意中)流露(思想),泄露(动机) tele·graph / ˈtelɪɡrɑːf ; NAmE ˈtelɪɡræf /
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    telegraph1 noun
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    telegraphtel‧e‧graph1 /ˈteləɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/ noun
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    1[uncountable] an old-fashioned method of sending messages using radio or electrical signals2[countable] a piece of equipment that receives or sends messages in this waytelegraphic /ˌteləˈɡræfɪk◂/ adjective
    telegraph1 noun
    telegraph2 verb
    telegraphtelegraph2 verb
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    1[intransitive, transitive] to send a message by telegraph:  Once he knew where we were, Lewis telegraphed every few hours.2[transitive] informal to let people know what you intend to do without saying anything:  A slight movement of the hand telegraphed his intention to shoot.
    WDF

    telegraph

    [ˈtelɪgrɑ:f]telegraphed, telegraphing, telegraphs

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    电报(84%),电报机(8%),打电报(6%),显示(2%)
    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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