| 单词 | fire telegraph |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire telegraph fire telegraph n. now historical (a) a series of flaming beacons for transmitting a message; (b) (chiefly U.S.) a telegraph used to raise a fire alarm. ΚΠ 1798 Oracle 14 June When the Ancient Britons were in former times attacked in their fortresses, they used these fire Telegraphs for the same purposes of speedy communication with each other. 1851 Boston Daily Atlas 12 Nov. Quite a number of persons were more or less injured by a wire of the new fire telegraph, which was stretched across Broadway..and by some means became loosened and fell. 1867 J. Mackenzie Hist. Scotl. lxx. 550 On every tower and hill stands a beacon-pole... This is our fire-telegraph, whose glare shall flash over all Scotland the tidings of the enemy's approach. 1944 Salt Lake Tribune 31 Aug. 8/2 I knew that he was not sending a message anywhere, because that isn't the way the fire telegraph works. 2002 A. Selvarajan et al. Optical Fiber Communication i. 1 Aegisthus received news of the fall of Troy via the fire telegraph—through a system of beacons which brought the signal from Turkey. 2011 B. Hensler Crucible of Fire xx. 196 The fire telegraph, the steam fire engine, and pressurized water systems were great and remarkable inventions. < as lemmas |
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