telegraph是什么意思

telegraph

英 ['tel?grɑ?f] 美 ['t?l?ɡr?f]

1、tele- "far" + graph-.
2、字面含義為：that which writes at a distance.

telegraph 電報(bào)

tele-,遠(yuǎn)的，-graph,寫。引申詞義電報(bào)。

telegraph (n.): 1794, "semaphor apparatus" (hence the Telegraph Hill in many cities), literally "that which writes at a distance," from French télégraphe, from télé- "far" (from Greek tele-; see tele-) + -graphe (see -graphy). The signaling device had been invented in France in 1791 by the brothers Chappe, who had called it tachygraphe, literally "that which writes fast," but the better name was suggested to them by French diplomat Comte André-Fran?ois Miot de Mélito (1762-1841). First applied 1797 to an experimental electric telegraph (designed by Dr. Don Francisco Salva at Barcelona); the practical version was developed 1830s by U.S. inventor Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872). Meaning "telegraphic message" is from 1821. Related: Telegraphy.
telegraph (v.): 1805, from telegraph (n.). Figurative meaning "to signal one's intentions" is first attested 1925, originally in boxing. Related: Telegraphed; telegraphing.

1. The Telegraph puts the union in a historical perspective.: 《電訊報(bào)》從歷史的角度對(duì)該工會(huì)進(jìn)行了報(bào)道。

2. I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.: 我為他代寫《電訊報(bào)》每周的橄欖球?qū)凇?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句

3. Mather was film critic on the Daily Telegraph for many years.: 馬瑟多年來一直擔(dān)任《每日電訊報(bào)》的影評(píng)人。

4. Developments in South Africa receive extensive coverage in The Sunday Telegraph.: 《星期日電訊報(bào)》全面報(bào)道了南非的發(fā)展。

5. He did not bother to punctuate the telegraph message.: 他沒有費(fèi)心在電文中加標(biāo)點(diǎn).