telegraphic

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, or relating to the telegraph.
    — It turned out to be no more than the weekly Reuter’s telegram sent as an ordinary letter from the nearest telegraphic office fifty miles away.
  2. Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax.
    — Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style. “Weeds grow like house afire. Can’t keep even with ’em. Shall press you in. Better be careful.”

词形变化

more telegraphic comparative most telegraphic superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
French télé-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor.
Latin -graphuslbor.
French -graphe
French télégraphebor.
English telegraph
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English telegraphic
From telegraph + -ic.
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