telegram

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A message transmitted by telegraph.
    — There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
动词 v.
  1. To send a telegram. intransitive
    — In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly.
  2. To send a telegram to (a person). transitive
    — So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”
  3. To send (a message) in a telegram. transitive

词形变化

telegrams plural telegramme alternative,nonstandard telegrams present,singular,third-person telegramming participle,present telegrammed participle,past telegrammed past telegramme alternative,nonstandard

词源

词源 1
From tele- + -gram.
词源 2
From tele- + -gram.
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