单词 | telegram |
释义 | telegram/ˈtɛlɪɡram /noun A message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form, used in the UK only for international messages since 1981.He was a spoilt child and became an utterly self-obsessed adult - he used to lock himself in an upstairs room and send his wife telegrams demanding she deliver him a meal....
Synonyms telemessage, cable, cablegram, telex; radiogram, radio-telegraph informal wire OriginMid 19th century: from tele- 'at a distance' + -gram1, on the pattern of telegraph. |
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