telco

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɛlˌkəʊ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom. informal

词形变化

telcos plural

词源

Diachronically, from tel + Co., from the collocation of Tel. Co. as seen, for example, in Bell Tel. Co. or the names of countless local telephone exchange companies (e.g., Savannah Valley Tel. Co., Mutual Tel. Co., Tarrytown Tel. Co.), by abbreviation in the late 19th through mid-20th centuries; synchronically also a clipped compound as tel(ephone) + co(mpany).
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