| 单词 | telegraph key |
| 释义 | > as lemmastelegraph key telegraph key n. now historical a small hand-operated lever or other device in a telegraphic transmitter, used to alternately make and break the circuit; cf. key n.1 20. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > transmitter > key telegraph key1848 Morse key1858 tapper1876 1848 N. Amer. & U.S. Gaz. 16 Dec. The hours, minutes and seconds, may be registered..by striking on the telegraph key at the instant of any occurrence. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xix. 235 Awake at three in the morning, alone in a room hectic with clatter of the telegraph key. 2014 J. Bryden Fighting to Lose iii. 70 The German army signals personnel who trained Owens would have known instantly that it was not he who was on the telegraph key. < as lemmas |
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