- [countable, uncountable]
a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, phone signals, etc. 电缆；线缆 fibre-optic cable 光缆 a power cable 电力电缆 overhead/underground/undersea cables 架空/地下/海底电缆 a 10 000-volt cable 1 万伏特高压电缆 a USB cable 一根USB电缆 a length of electric cable 一根电缆 They're digging up the road to lay cables. 他们正在挖开道路铺设电缆。
Extra ExamplesTopics The environmentb2, Engineeringb2Connect the cable to the correct terminal. 将电缆连到正确的接线端。 I plugged the cable into the amplifier. 我将电缆与扬声器接通。 Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river. 工程师计划在河底铺设电话电缆。 There is a cable running under the road. 马路下面有一条电缆。 Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables. 得将路挖开以铺设地下电缆。 These fibre-optic cables can carry telephone calls and computer data. 这些光纤电缆能传送电话和计算机资料。 new cables connecting major cities in Europe 连接欧洲主要城市的新电缆
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- telephone
- overhead
- …
- length
- lay
- run
- attach
- …
- go
- run
- connect something
- …
- [uncountable, countable]
thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc. （系船用的）缆绳；（支撑桥梁等用的）钢索 
- [uncountable] (also cable television, cable TV)
a system of broadcasting television programmes along wires rather than by radio waves 有线电视 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + cable- get
- have
- install
- …
- television
- TV
- channel
- …
- [countable] (old-fashioned)
a message sent by electrical signals and printed out 电报
Word OriginMiddle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’.