telegram
英 ['telɪgræm]
美 ['tɛlɪɡræm]
助記提示
1、tele- "far" + gram- "graph-".
2、字麵含義為：that which writes at a distance.
中文詞源
telegram 電報tele-,遠的，-gram,寫，記錄，衍生自-graph.引申詞義電報。
英文詞源
- telegram (n.)
- "telegraphic dispatch," according to Bartlett's 1859 edition a coinage of E. Peshine Smith of Rochester, N.Y., from tele-, as in telegraph + -gram, and introduced in the Albany "Evening Journal" of April 6, 1852. Damned in the cradle by purists who pointed out that the correct formation would be telegrapheme (which is close to the Modern Greek word).
May I suggest to such as are not contented with 'Telegraphic Dispatch' the rightly constructed word 'telegrapheme'? I do not want it, but ... I protest against such a barbarism as 'telegram.' [Richard Shilleto, Cambridge Greek scholar, in the London "Times," Oct. 15, 1857]
Related: Telegrammic.
雙語例句
- 1. "I want to send a telegram." — "Fine, to whom?"
- “我想發份電報。”——“好的，發給誰？”
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A few days earlier he had received a telegram from Lord Lloyd.
- 幾天前，他收到勞埃德勳爵發來的一封電報。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt.
- 勝利促使他給羅斯福發了封喜報。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A telegram from Uncle Fred arrived.
- 弗雷德舅舅發的一封電報來了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The President received a briefing by telegram.
- 總統收到用電報發來的一份簡報。
來自柯林斯例句