| 釋義 |
cable /'keibl; 'kebl/ n 1 [C, U] (length of) thick, strong rope (of fibre or wire strands), used for making ships fast; rope or chain of an anchor. (一截) 系船用的繩索或級(jí)索; 錨索; 錨煉。 2 '~ ('s) -length n 100 fathoms, one-tenth of a nautical mile. 索 (長(zhǎng)度圍位 = 100fl 尊, 或％浬) ?！?App 5. 參看附錄五。 3 thick rope of wire strands for supporting a bridge, etc. (系吊橋等的) 金屬索; 纜。 '~-car, '—railway, one up a steep hillside, worked by a ~ and a stationary engine; funicular railway. (攀登陡坡之) 纜車; 索車; 纜道車; 纜索鐵路。 4 protected bundle of insulated wires (laid underground or on the ocean bottom) for carrying messages by electric telegraph; message so carried (= ~ gram). (用以通電報(bào)的) 地下電侵; 海底電糧; 電報(bào) (由地下電纜等所傳送者) 。 5 insulated wires for conveying electric power overhead (→ the illus at pylon) or underground. (用以輸送電/ 的架空或地下) 電覆 (參看 pylon 之插圖) 。 vt, vi [VP6A, 2A] send (a message), communicate, inform (sb) by ~ (4). 打電報(bào); 與 (某人) 通電報(bào); 打電報(bào)通知 (某人) 。 '~-gram /'keiblgraem; 'kebgraem/ n ~d telegram. 海底電報(bào); (有線) 電報(bào)。 |