cable

cable, telegram, telegraph

名词 cable:

1. a telegram sent abroad
   同义词：cablegram, overseas telegram
2. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
   同义词：line, transmission line
3. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
4. a nautical unit of depth
   同义词：cable length, cable's length
5. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
   同义词：cable television
6. a television system that transmits over cables
   同义词：cable television, cable system, cable television service

动词 cable:

1. send cables, wires, or telegrams
   同义词：telegraph, wire
2. fasten with a cable

1. Cable television has been around for some time now.
   有线电视面世已有些时日了。
2. They are building a submarine cable tunnel.
   他们正在建设一条海底电缆隧道。
3. It is a cable or, to be more exact, a commercial cable.
   那是一封电报，确切点说，是一封商业电报。
4. News of his death was cabled to his family.
   他的死讯已电告其家属。
5. A number of cables are needed in this project.
   这项工程需要大量电缆。
6. She cabled the good news about her arrival in Chicago.
   她打电报说她已顺利到达芝加哥。

ca.ble

n.（名词）

A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
缆绳，绳索：高强度的、直径大的、高强钢质或纤维质的绳子
Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
似缆绳的东西：引起类似于这种钢质或纤维质的缆绳的东西
Electricity A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
【电学】 电缆：包在一起的相互绝缘的导线
Nautical
【航海】
A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
船缆：用于船只系泊或抛锚的粗绳或链条
A cable length.
链长
A cablegram.
电报
Cable television.
电视
v.（动词）
ca.bled,ca.bling,ca.bles
v.tr.（及物动词）

To send a cablegram to.
发电报至
To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
电传：用电报传送（一条消息）
To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
固定系牢：用一根或多根缆绳系住或系紧
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To send a cablegram.
拍发电报

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old North French
源自 古法国北方方言
from Late Latin capulum [lasso]
源自 后期拉丁语 capulum [以套索捕捉]
from Latin capere [to seize] * see kap-
源自 拉丁语 capere [抓住] *参见 kap-

【引伸】
ca.bler
n.（名词）