cable

英 ['keɪbl] 美 ['keɪbl]

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

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C](船只、桥梁等上的)巨缆,钢索

   thick strong usually metal rope used on ships to support bridges

2. [C]电缆

   a set of wires which carry telephone messages, television signals, etc.

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 给(某人)发电报,打电报告诉(某人)

   send (sth) or tell (sb) by telegram

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 电缆，钢索，缆，索，缆绳，巨缆，钢丝绳，左捻三根三股索，粗索，绞线
2. 【船】锚链，锚索
3. 越洋电报，海底电报
4. 有线电视
5. 被覆线
6. 海底电线
7. 【空】张索
8. George Washington Cable 凯布尔（1844-1925，美国小说家）

v. 动词

1. （用绳）缚住，（用锚链）系住，缠在...上
2. 用越洋电报发，发越洋电报，给...拍越洋电报，给（某人）发电报
3. （给...）打海底电报，用海底电线通讯，通过海底电缆发（电报）
4. 打电报通知，打电报告诉
5. 提供（缆索）
6. （通过电缆）交流
7. （用缆绳）固定

英英释义

Noun:

1. a telegram sent abroad

2. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

3. a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

4. a nautical unit of depth

5. television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

6. a television system that transmits over cables

Verb:

1. send cables, wires, or telegrams

2. fasten with a cable;

   "cable trees"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

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. A number of cables are needed in this project.
   这项工程需要大量电缆。
4. Try replacing the cable with a known working cable.
   试著以确定是工作良好的缆线替换缆线。
5. The new ship cut her cable and slipped into the water.
   新船砍缆下水。
6. The steel cable is an important strained component.
   钢缆索是一种重要的承力构件。
7. The cable stays converge to a single point on the apex of the tower.
   纲索在塔架顶部集中在一点。
8. I want to send a cable, will you get me the cable form?
   我要拍一封电报,帮我拿电报表格来好吗?

用作动词 (v.)

1. News of his death was cabled to his family.
   他的死讯已电告其家属。
2. She cabled the good news about her arrival in Chicago.
   她打电报说她已顺利到达芝加哥。
3. A continuity tester injects an AC signal into the conductors of a cable to find circuit faults.
   一个连续性测试器给电缆导线注入交流信号，从而找到电路故障。
4. The cable line had brought the two continents so near that people could begin to talk to each other across the Atlantic in a fraction of a second.
   电缆线缩短了两大洲之间的距离，从而使人们开始能够在瞬间隔着大西洋相互交流。
5. A lot of bows have set screws that hold the cable guards into the risers.
   很多弓有拿着缆绳卫兵入造反者的固定螺钉。
6. Use the built-in cable channels to secure both your oscilloscope and extension module to your location.
   使用内置电缆通道来固定示波器和扩展模块到您的位置上。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The truck used a cable to tow the automobile.
   卡车用缆索拖曳汽车。
2. The telephone company laid their cables beneath the streets.
   电话公司把电缆铺设在街道下面。
3. Send a cable to our overseas office.
   给我们的海外办事处发个电报。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Please cable or write.
   请来电或来函。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I'll cable you as soon as I arrive.
   我一到就给你发电报。

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. She cabled him some money.
   她电汇给他一笔钱。

S+～+ n./pron. +to pron./n.

1. We cabled the news to London.
   我们把消息用电报发往伦敦。
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2. The news was cabled to his family.
   这一消息已电告其家属了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• build〔lay, string〕 cable 铺设电缆
• send a cable 发电报

形容词+～

• electric cable 电缆
• overseas〔submarine〕 cable 海外〔海底〕电缆

名词+～

• power cables 电源电缆
• telephone〔telegraph〕 cable 电话〔电报〕电缆

～+名词

• cable address 电报挂号
• cable car 缆车
• cable gram 海底电报

介词+～

• by cable 用电报

～+介词

• cable from〔to〕 来自〔发往〕…的电报

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• cable for immediate delivery 打电报要求立即发货
• cable in reply 用电报答复

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. cable用作名词的基本意思是“钢索”,电讯业中可指“地下电缆”“海底电缆”,引申可表示“电报”,专指从海外通过海底电缆所发的“电报”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

cable, telegram

• 这两个词都有“电报”的意思,指一般的电报时,可互换使用。例如:
• We can't decode a cable〔telegram〕.我们不能破译电报。
• He wanted to send a cable〔telegram〕.他想发一份电报。
• 其区别在于：
• 1.telegram特指通过电线信号拍发的普通电报。例如:
• I have received a telegram from you.我已收到你的来电。
• These messages are called telegrams.这些电文叫做电报。
• 2.cable特指通过海底电缆拍发的海底电报。例如:
• He received a transoceanic cable from London.他收到了一封从伦敦来的越洋电报。

cable，telegram，telegraph

• 这些名词都有“电报”之意。
• cable通常指通过海底电缆打的电报，也可指广义的电报。
• telegram常用词，指通过电报系统发出的信息，尤指具体的一份份电报。
• telegraph侧重指通信方式和电报业各，不可数名词，表抽象概念。

词源解说

• ☆ 1200年左右进入英语，直接源自古法国北方语的capulum，意为套索，绳子，辔头是为勒牲畜；最初源自古典拉丁语的capere，意为采取，抓住。

近反义词

【近义词】

• cablegram
• wire line