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telegraph n.电报；电报机vt.打电报；显示 (1) 那是电报路上一座不明显的仓库。(2) 立即给她父母打电报。(3) 打字电报机实际上是一种在电报电路上传送打印信息的机器。 The telegraph is an outdated form of communication as far as sending long-distance messages goes. It uses an electric signal broken to create a code that then transmits over a wire and translates into a message. Alexander Graham Bell started tinkering with the telegraph and ended up inventing the first "harmonic telegraph" to transmit sound through a wire — which led to the birth of the modern telephone.

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英 ['telɪɡrɑːf] 美 ['telɪɡræf] (1) It was in an obscure warehouse on Telegraph Road.(2) Telegraph to her parents at once.(3) A teleprinter is really a machine which sends a typewriter message over a telegraph circuit. 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! 1[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.   [also the N]2[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。

英语单词	telegraph
英美音标	英 ['telɪɡrɑːf] 美 ['telɪɡræf]
中文释义	n.电报；电报机 vt.打电报；显示
英语例句	(1) It was in an obscure warehouse on Telegraph Road. (2) Telegraph to her parents at once. (3) A teleprinter is really a machine which sends a typewriter message over a telegraph circuit.
中文例句	(1) 那是电报路上一座不明显的仓库。 (2) 立即给她父母打电报。 (3) 打字电报机实际上是一种在电报电路上传送打印信息的机器。
vocabulary简明	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!
vocabulary扩展	The telegraph is an outdated form of communication as far as sending long-distance messages goes. It uses an electric signal broken to create a code that then transmits over a wire and translates into a message. Alexander Graham Bell started tinkering with the telegraph and ended up inventing the first "harmonic telegraph" to transmit sound through a wire — which led to the birth of the modern telephone.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [also the N] 2 [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。

Telegraph N [V Message Long Ed Sending Wire