[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.
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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。
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[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.
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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。
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tele·graph/ˈtelɪɡrɑːf; NAmEˈtelɪɡræf/
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telegraphtelegraphstelegraphedtelegraphingnoun[uncountable ]a method of sending messages over long distances, using wires that carry electrical signals 电报(通信方式)verb1[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; NAmEˈtelɪɡræf/
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telegraph1 noun
telegraph2 verb
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 way—telegraphic /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.
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