1N-UNCOUNT [oft theNOUN]电报(指通信系统)Telegraph is a system of sending messages over long distances, either by means of electricity or by radio signals. Telegraph was used more often before the invention of telephones. 电报(指通信系统)
2VERB 给…发电报;用电报发送(信息) To telegraph someone means to send them a message by telegraph. 给…发电报;用电报发送(信息) [Also V n, V]
Churchill telegraphed an urgent message to Wavell. [VERB noun + to]
丘吉尔给韦维尔发了封紧急电报。
'Please,' he telegraphed, 'just leave it alone.'. [VERB with quote]
“拜托,”他在电报中说,“别管它了。”
He telegraphed to me asking me to do something. [VERBto noun]
他给我发来电报,叫我做点什么。
3VERB 流露,透露(计划或意图) If someone telegraphs something that they are planning or intending to do, they make it obvious, either deliberately or accidentally, that they are going to do it. 流露,透露(计划或意图)
The commission telegraphed its decision earlier this month by telling an official to prepare the order. [VERB noun]