单词 | telegraph line |
释义 | > as lemmastelegraph line telegraph line n. [compare line n.2 1e] ΚΠ 1839 Standard (London) 2 Sept. 4/3 The telegraph is worked by merely pressing small brass keys..acting..upon various hands placed upon a dial-plate at the other end of the telegraph line. 1911 Mariner′s Mirror 1 161* The signal stations in the South of England were completed before the first of the telegraph lines. 2000 Cutting Edge: Encycl. Adv. Technol. 61/2 Because telegraph lines were easy to tap..a new cryptographic system emerged. < as lemmas |
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