telegraph

🇬🇧/ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/ 🇺🇸/ˈtelɪɡræf/📚 16148 165 1四级六级考研托福高考
Telegraph is a system of sending messages over long distances, either by means of electricity or by radio signals.电报

noun [专属名词]电报(指通信方式);电报机;(运动比赛得分或其他信息的)显示板

Now I must telegraph your father to come.
现在我必须发电报叫你父亲来。

verb [vt. 及物动词]发电报,用电报发送(信息);流露,透露(计划或意图)

Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell.
丘吉尔给韦维尔发了一个急电。

-graph- graph(y),gram=write,表示“写,图”"telegraph n. 电报(tele 远+graph→从远方写来→电报)
telegraph 出现在下面的课文中(提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习)
Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space?
Lesson 47 The great escape
tele(远的) + graph(写) → 以书写的方式带来远处的东西 → 电报
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The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order. 该委员会本月早些时候通过让一个官员准备那项命令流露了其要做的决定。
A new telegraph line has been set up between the two cities. 那两个城市之间架设了一条新的电报线。
The telegraph, the telephone, and radio were the obvious predecessors of the Internet, iPods, and mobile phones. 电报、电话和无线电显然是互联网、iPods 和移动电话的前身。