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单词 cable
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cable1/ʹkaybl/ noun

a strong thick rope, esp one over 8cm (3in.) in thickness

a wire rope or metal chain of great strength, esp one connected to a ship's anchor

an assembly of electrical wires insulated from each other and surrounded by a sheath

= cablegram

= cable television

a nautical unit of length equal to 608ft (about 185m) in Britain and 720ft (about 219m) in the USA

= cable stitch

[Middle English via French and medieval Latin from Latin capere to take]

cable2verb trans

dated to communicate with or inform by cablegram

to fasten or provide (something) with a cable or cables

to send (a message) in the form of a cablegram

to communicate with or inform (somebody) by cablegram

verb intrans

to communicate by means of a cablegram

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