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单词 telegraph
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telegraph

noun
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/
/ˈtelɪɡræf/
[uncountable]
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  1. a method of sending messages over long distances, using wires that carry electrical signals
    • telegraph wires
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTelegraph is used before these nouns:
    • wire
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French télégraphe, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + -graphe (from French, based on Greek graphos ‘written, writing’).

telegraph

verb
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/
/ˈtelɪɡræf/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they telegraph
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːf/
/ˈtelɪɡræf/
he / she / it telegraphs
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːfs/
/ˈtelɪɡræfs/
past simple telegraphed
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːft/
/ˈtelɪɡræft/
past participle telegraphed
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːft/
/ˈtelɪɡræft/
-ing form telegraphing
/ˈtelɪɡrɑːfɪŋ/
/ˈtelɪɡræfɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] telegraph (something) to send a message by telegraphTopics Phones, email and the internetc1
  2. [transitive] telegraph something to make it clear to people what you are going to do, often without intending to
    • A tiny movement of her arm had telegraphed her intention to hit out.
    3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French télégraphe, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + -graphe (from French, based on Greek graphos ‘written, writing’).
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