telegraph英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code. uncommon

— This strict sense of telegraph developed from French usage for Napoleon's overland semaphore network but rather arbitrarily excludes similar Chinese and other signalling networks.
The electrical device gradually developed in the early 19th century to transmit messages (telegrams) using Morse code; the entire system used to transmit its messages including overhead lines and transoceanic cables. historical

— The first message transmitted by telegraph in the United States was WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT.
A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.

动词 v.

To use a telegraph; to send a message by telegraph.

— Whenever this portent occurs, my steward telegraphs to me, that I, as head of the family, be not unsteeled against the shock of a bereavement […]
To clearly communicate to another nonverbally (whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign), and especially unintentionally. figuratively

— Her frown telegraphed her displeasure.

词形变化

telegraphs plural telegraphs present,singular,third-person telegraphing participle,present telegraphed participle,past telegraphed past

词汇关系

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”).

词源 2

Borrowed from French télégraphe, equivalent to tele- (“far, distant”) + graph (“writing”), suggested as a new name for Claude Chappe's overland semaphore network by André François Miot de Mélito in place of Chappe's original tachygraphe (“tachygraph, fast writer”).