cable

['keibl]

n.电缆, 缆, 索, 电报
v.发电报, (通过电缆)交流, (用缆绳)固定

例句与用法：

Cable television has been around for some time now.

有线电视面世已有些时日了。

They are building a submarine cable tunnel.

他们正在建设一条海底电缆隧道。

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。

News of his death was cabled to his family.

他的死讯已电告其家属。

A number of cables are needed in this project.

这项工程需要大量电缆。

She cabled the good news about her arrival in Chicago.

她打电报说她已顺利到达芝加哥。

词形变化：

名词: cabler | 动词过去式: cabled | 动词过去分词: cabled | 动词现在分词: cabling | 动词第三人称单数: cables |

详细释义：

n.

1. 缆; 索; 钢索[C][U]

The truck used a cable to tow the car.

卡车用缆索拖曳汽车。

2. 电缆[C]

3. 越洋电报[C]

I received a cable from New York.

我收到一封从纽约来的电报。

4. 有线电视[U]

5. 锚链

vt.

1. 给……拍越洋电报; 用越洋电报发(消息等)[O1][O2]

She cabled her aunt in San Francisco.

她发电报给旧金山的姑妈。

2. (用缆绳等)缚住

vi.

发越洋电报

Father told me to cable when I arrived.

父亲嘱我到达后发个电报。