英语词汇“bush telegraph”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	bush telegraph
释义	bush telegraph noun any system of communication in which the natives of a jungle or bush region transmit news rapidly, as by runners, drum codes, or smoke signals. Australian. any chain of communications by which criminals, originally bushrangers, are warned of police movements. Slang. rumor; the grapevine. Origin of bush telegraph First recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby bush telegraph bush shirt, bush shrike, bush sickness, bush singlet, bush tea, bush telegraph, bush tit, bush tucker, bushveld, bushwa, bushwalking Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bush telegraph bush telegraph noun a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats a means of spreading rumour, gossip, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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