单词	telegraph
释义	telegraph1 nountelegraph2 verb telegraphtel‧e‧graph1 /ˈteləɡrɑːf $ -ɡræf/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINtelegraph1 Origin: 1700-1800 French télégraphe, from télé- ‘tele-’ + -graphe (from Late Latin -graphus ‘written’) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Crowds gathered everywhere, in front of banks, the Merchants' Exchange, the telegraph offices. He provided a comprehensive network of farm buildings connected, it is said, by a telegraph system. In other words, the announcer would kill time until the telegraph details started flowing again. Shortly thereafter, the two nations opened postal, telegraph, telephone, and telex links. word sets WORD SETS► Telephone/Telegraph answer, nounanswering machine, nounarea code, nounbeeper, nounbleep, verbbleeper, nounbusy, adjectivecable, nouncable, verbcall box, nouncaller, nounCATV, cell, nouncellphone, nouncellular phone, nounchat line, nouncode, nounconference call, nounconferencing, nounconnect, verbcradle, nouncrossed, adjectivedead, adjectivedial, noundial, verbdialling code, noundialling tone, noundial tone, noundirectory enquiries, noundisconnect, verbearpiece, nounECN, nounEntryphone, nounex-directory, adjectiveext., extension, nounfacsimile, nounFreephone, nounGSM, nounhelpline, nounhotline, nounhousephone, nounline, nounlocal call, nounmayday, nounmobile, nounmobile phone, nounMorse code, nounmouthpiece, nounnumber, nounon, prepositionoperator, nounpay phone, nounphone book, nounphone booth, nounphone box, nounphonecard, nounradio-telephone, nounreceiver, nounredial, verbring, verbscrambler, nounsecond-generation, adjectiveSOS, nounswitchboard, nountelecottage, nountelegram, nountelegraph, nountelegraph, verbtelegrapher, nountelegraphist, nountelegraph pole, nountelemarketing, nountelematics, nountelephone, nountelephone, verbtelephone book, nountelephone box, nountelephone call, nountelephone directory, nountelephone exchange, nountelephone number, nountelephone pole, nountelephonist, nounteleprinter, nounteletypewriter, nountelex, nounthird-generation, adjectivethrough, prepositiontoll-free, adverbTouch-Tone phone, nountrace, nountriple play, nountrunk call, noununlisted, adjectiveutility pole, nounvideophone, nounvoice mail, nounWi-Fi, nounwire, nounwire, verbwireless internet, wiretapping, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► electric · The resourceful doctor immediately asked the railway staff to use the new electric telegraph to contact the police at Bishops Road terminus.· One exception was a collaboration with Wilhelm Weber which produced in 1833 the first operating electric telegraph.· But this also occurred with military and imperial funding of the electric telegraph and radio. 4. NOUN► pole · She felt rigid like a telegraph pole, communicating perfectly, functioning flawlessly, but with no heart, no soul.· Mark then spent a week on the waterfront carefully planing down the telegraph poles to the right shape.· Then follow the line of telegraph poles to the remains of an old railway bridge.· More boulders now barred her passage, and mixed with these, were trees and telegraph poles.· A greater-spotted woodpecker zooms in on a telegraph pole on the lane.· They like roosting on telegraph poles.· Another oddity - the telegraph poles on old shots look short.· From the feel of it she thought it could be a telegraph pole. ► wire · Glancing up, I saw a beautiful yellow bird perched on a telegraph wire, looking like a prize long-tailed canary.· Immediately afterwards, she listens enraptured to the almost musical sound of the telegraph wires that only she is capable of hearing.· The rain is sheeting across the horizon like ripped dustbin liners caught on a telegraph wire.· Popularization of news was accelerated in the 1 840s with the introduction of telegraph wire services.· And there was the railway, with its shining lines, telegraph wires and posts, and signals.· And soon the word was crackling over the telegraph wires to all parts of the North. 1[uncountable] an old-fashioned method of sending messages using radio or electrical signals2[countable] a piece of equipment that receives or sends messages in this way—telegraphic /ˌteləˈɡræfɪk◂/ adjective telegraph1 nountelegraph2 verb telegraphtelegraph2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE telegraph Simple Form Present I, you, we, they telegraph he, she, it telegraphs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they telegraphed Present perfect I, you, we, they have telegraphed he, she, it has telegraphed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had telegraphed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will telegraph Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have telegraphed Continuous Form Present I am telegraphing he, she, it is telegraphing you, we, they are telegraphing Past I, he, she, it was telegraphing you, we, they were telegraphing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been telegraphing he, she, it has been telegraphing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been telegraphing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be telegraphing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been telegraphing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Barrett telegraphed the owner to see if he would sell the property. Hills' main weakness as quarterback is that he telegraphs his passes. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS By 1844, a Washington newspaper started printing telegraphed news from Maryland. I telegraphed you before I married and gave you the chance to stop it then. Its pictures of a divided society, licensed beggars and so on, telegraphed McEwan's concerns a little brashly. The passage of the train was telegraphed forward from point to point throughout its journey. They had called people together in New Jersey, prayed, then telegraphed him. They tried to hit the symbolic spikes with a sledgehammer wired to telegraph the event of the blow, but they failed. word sets WORD SETS► Telephone/Telegraph answer, nounanswering machine, nounarea code, nounbeeper, nounbleep, verbbleeper, nounbusy, adjectivecable, nouncable, verbcall box, nouncaller, nounCATV, cell, nouncellphone, nouncellular phone, nounchat line, nouncode, nounconference call, nounconferencing, nounconnect, verbcradle, nouncrossed, adjectivedead, adjectivedial, noundial, verbdialling code, noundialling tone, noundial tone, noundirectory enquiries, noundisconnect, verbearpiece, nounECN, nounEntryphone, nounex-directory, adjectiveext., extension, nounfacsimile, nounFreephone, nounGSM, nounhelpline, nounhotline, nounhousephone, nounline, nounlocal call, nounmayday, nounmobile, nounmobile phone, nounMorse code, nounmouthpiece, nounnumber, nounon, prepositionoperator, nounpay phone, nounphone book, nounphone booth, nounphone box, nounphonecard, nounradio-telephone, nounreceiver, nounredial, verbring, verbscrambler, nounsecond-generation, adjectiveSOS, nounswitchboard, nountelecottage, nountelegram, nountelegraph, nountelegraph, verbtelegrapher, nountelegraphist, nountelegraph pole, nountelemarketing, nountelematics, nountelephone, nountelephone, verbtelephone book, nountelephone box, nountelephone call, nountelephone directory, nountelephone exchange, nountelephone number, nountelephone pole, nountelephonist, nounteleprinter, nounteletypewriter, nountelex, nounthird-generation, adjectivethrough, prepositiontoll-free, adverbTouch-Tone phone, nountrace, nountriple play, nountrunk call, noununlisted, adjectiveutility pole, nounvideophone, nounvoice mail, nounWi-Fi, nounwire, nounwire, verbwireless internet, wiretapping, noun 1[intransitive, transitive] to send a message by telegraph:  Once he knew where we were, Lewis telegraphed every few hours.2[transitive] informal to let people know what you intend to do without saying anything:  A slight movement of the hand telegraphed his intention to shoot.
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