cable, telegram, telegraph

名詞 cable:

1. a telegram sent abroad
   同義詞：cablegram, overseas telegram
2. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
   同義詞：line, transmission line
3. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
4. a nautical unit of depth
   同義詞：cable length, cable's length
5. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
   同義詞：cable television
6. a television system that transmits over cables
   同義詞：cable television, cable system, cable television service

動(dòng)詞 cable:

1. send cables, wires, or telegrams
   同義詞：telegraph, wire
2. fasten with a cable

1. Cable television has been around for some time now.
   有線電視面世已有些時(shí)日了。
2. They are building a submarine cable tunnel.
   他們正在建設(shè)一條海底電纜隧道。
3. It is a cable or, to be more exact, a commercial cable.
   那是一封電報(bào)，確切點(diǎn)說(shuō)，是一封商業(yè)電報(bào)。
4. News of his death was cabled to his family.
   他的死訊已電告其家屬。
5. A number of cables are needed in this project.
   這項(xiàng)工程需要大量電纜。
6. She cabled the good news about her arrival in Chicago.
   她打電報(bào)說(shuō)她已順利到達(dá)芝加哥。

ca.ble

n.（名詞）

A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
纜繩，繩索：高強(qiáng)度的、直徑大的、高強(qiáng)鋼質(zhì)或纖維質(zhì)的繩子
Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
似纜繩的東西：引起類似于這種鋼質(zhì)或纖維質(zhì)的纜繩的東西
Electricity A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
【電學(xué)】 電纜：包在一起的相互絕緣的導(dǎo)線
Nautical
【航?！?/i>
A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
船纜：用于船只系泊或拋錨的粗繩或鏈條
A cable length.
鏈長(zhǎng)
A cablegram.
電報(bào)
Cable television.
電視
v.（動(dòng)詞）
ca.bled,ca.bling,ca.bles
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）

To send a cablegram to.
發(fā)電報(bào)至
To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
電傳：用電報(bào)傳送（一條消息）
To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
固定系牢：用一根或多根纜繩系住或系緊
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To send a cablegram.
拍發(fā)電報(bào)

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old North French
源自 古法國(guó)北方方言
from Late Latin capulum [lasso]
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) capulum [以套索捕捉]
from Latin capere [to seize] * see kap-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) capere [抓住] *參見(jiàn) kap-

【引伸】
ca.bler
n.（名詞）