send a telegraph
telegraph 作名词时，常用搭配 send a telegraph。
He sent a telegraph to his family.
他给家人发了一封电报。
暴露意图的信号；预兆；向对手暗示角色即将采取行动的可见或可听线索。；利用电线远距离通信的设备(通常使用莫尔斯电码)；电报
an apparatus for communicating over a wire using Morse code
向对手暗示角色即将采取行动的可见或可听线索。
A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
利用电线远距离通信的设备(通常使用莫尔斯电码)
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
Before the telephone, the telegraph was the fastest way to send a message across the country.
在电话发明之前，电报是向全国发送消息最快的方式。
用法提示：telegraph 作可数名词，指电报机或电报设备。
The museum displays an old telegraph that was used in the railway station.
博物馆里展示着一台曾在火车站使用过的旧电报机。
用法提示：telegraph 是名词，指具体的电报设备。
Messages sent by telegraph often had to be short to save money.
通过电报发送的消息通常必须简短以节省费用。
用法提示：telegraph 作名词，指电报通信方式或设备。
telegraph 作名词时，常用搭配 send a telegraph。
He sent a telegraph to his family.
他给家人发了一封电报。
by telegraph 表示通过电报方式。
News was transmitted by telegraph.
消息通过电报传送。
telegraph 作及物动词，后接所传递的信息和接收者。
She telegraphed the news to her boss.
她把消息电告了老板。
telegraph 可接 that 从句表示电告的内容。
He telegraphed that he would arrive tomorrow.
他发电报说将于明天到达。
口语中常指电报，但严格指金属导线
通常指海底电缆传输的电报，比telegraph更具体
grammar · medium
易错句子I received a telegraph yesterday.
正确表达I received a telegram yesterday.
telegraph 指电报系统或电报机，而 telegram 指电报消息。中文都用“电报”，但英文中需区分。
grammar · medium
易错句子He telegraphed to her the news.
正确表达He telegraphed her the news.
动词 telegraph 后接间接宾语时，不需要介词 to；正确的双宾语结构是 telegraph + 间接宾语 + 直接宾语。
telegraph 指电报系统或电报机，而 telegram 指通过电报系统发送的具体消息。
telegraph 通过线缆发送编码信号（如莫尔斯码），而 telephone 传输语音信号。
发电报
He sent a telegraph to his family.
他给家里发了一封电报。
收电报
She received a telegraph from her boss.
她收到了老板的电报。
电报线路
The telegraph line was cut during the storm.
风暴中电报线路被切断了。
电报员
The telegraph operator transmitted the message quickly.
电报员迅速发送了信息。
通过电报
News was sent by telegraph in those days.
那时新闻通过电报发送。
电报局
He went to the telegraph office to send a message.
他去电报局发消息。
prefix
root
民间情报网；小道消息传播系统
News of the accident spread quickly through the bush telegraph.
事故的消息通过民间情报网迅速传开了。
提前暴露意图（尤指在拳击或比赛中）
The boxer telegraphed his punches, making it easy for his opponent to dodge.
那位拳击手的出拳意图太明显，对手很容易躲开。
暴露意图；让人事先看出打算
She telegraphed her intentions by constantly looking at her watch.
她不停地看表，暴露了她想走的意图。
我们发了电报。他们会在卡帕西亚号上收到。
In the movie Titanic, the telegraph operator sends a message to the Carpathia for rescue.
在电影《泰坦尼克号》中，电报员向卡帕西亚号发送求救电报。
电报线也在奏响它们的歌。
This line is from the song "Telegraph Road" by Dire Straits, using the telegraph as a symbol of communication and change.
这句歌词出自Dire Straits的歌曲《Telegraph Road》，用电报象征通讯与变革。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.