单词 | newswire |
释义 | newswiren.ΚΠ 1860 R. C. Trench in Bentley's Q. Rev. 2 No. 4. 533 The working of the electric telegraph is something wholly hidden and mysterious; it is impossible to make an English name for it. We might perhaps have called it the news-wire: but this would have been a mere clumsy description of its practical use. 2. A telegraph wire via which syndicated news is teleprinted; (hence) a news service which uses such a device. In later use also: a service which transmits up-to-the-minute news, usually electronically (esp. via the internet), to news media and the general public. Cf. wire service n. at wire n.1 Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > supply of news or newspapers > [noun] > news agency press agency1859 news service1870 news agency1873 newswire1941 wire service1941 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > printing telegraphs > parts of chariot1876 newswire1941 1941 Public Opinion Q. 5 126/1 The United Press put into service the first trans-continental news wire operated exclusively for radio. 1969 N.Y. Times 21 June 33/2 Western Union said it had agreed to acquire a controlling interest in PR Newswire Association, Inc. 1976 Billings (Montana) Sunday Gaz. 27 June 2 d/2 Newswires flashed word of the dam break around the world as farmhouses, barns and apartments fell. 1994 .net Dec. 57 (advt.) On CompuServe you have all the major newswires on your desk, round the clock. 2001 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 3 Feb. It [sc. a rugby web site] breaks stories as quickly as any newswire. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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