- [intransitive, transitive] telegraph (something) to send a message by telegraph发电报;用电报发送(电文);电告Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
- [transitive] telegraph something to make it clear to people what you are going to do, often without intending to(无意中)流露(思想),泄露(动机)
- A tiny movement of her arm had telegraphed her intention to hit out.她手臂的一个小小的动作显示了她想要出手的意图。
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French télégraphe, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + -graphe (from French, based on Greek graphos ‘written, writing’).