cable

汉语翻译：
n. 电缆, 海底电报, 缆, 索
vi. 打海底电报
vt. 发海底电报, 缚住
【计】 电缆
【医】 缆; 电缆; 索, 簧
【经】 电缆; 打(海底)电报词型变化：
名词:cabler动词过去式:cabled过去分词:cabled现在分词:cabling第三人称单数:cables词意辨析：
cable, telegram, telegraph这些名词都有“电报”之意。
cable: 通常指通过海底电缆打的电报，也可指广义的电报。
telegram: 常用词，指通过电报系统发出的信息，尤指具体的一份份电报。
telegraph: 侧重指通信方式和电报业各，不可数名词，表抽象概念。英语解释：
名词 cable:

a telegram sent abroad同义词：cablegram, overseas telegram

a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power同义词：line, transmission line

a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire

a nautical unit of depth同义词：cable length, cable's length

television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver同义词：cable television

a television system that transmits over cables同义词：cable television, cable system, cable television service

动词 cable:

send cables, wires, or telegrams同义词：telegraph, wire

fasten with a cable

例句：

Cable television has been around for some time now.有线电视面世已有些时日了。

They are building a submarine cable tunnel.他们正在建设一条海底电缆隧道。

It is a cable or, to be more exact, a commercial cable.那是一封电报，确切点说，是一封商业电报。

News of his death was cabled to his family.他的死讯已电告其家属。

A number of cables are needed in this project.这项工程需要大量电缆。

She cabled the good news about her arrival in Chicago.她打电报说她已顺利到达芝加哥。

详细解释：
ca.ble
n.（名词）
A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
缆绳，绳索：高强度的、直径大的、高强钢质或纤维质的绳子
Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
似缆绳的东西：引起类似于这种钢质或纤维质的缆绳的东西
Electricity A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
【电学】 电缆：包在一起的相互绝缘的导线
Nautical
【航海】
A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
船缆：用于船只系泊或抛锚的粗绳或链条
A cable length.
链长
A cablegram.
电报
Cable television.
电视
v.（动词）
ca.bled,ca.bling,ca.bles
v.tr.（及物动词）
To send a cablegram to.
发电报至
To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
电传：用电报传送（一条消息）
To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
固定系牢：用一根或多根缆绳系住或系紧
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To send a cablegram.
拍发电报
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old North French
源自 古法国北方方言
from Late Latin capulum [lasso]
源自 后期拉丁语 capulum [以套索捕捉]
from Latin capere [to seize] * see kap-
源自 拉丁语 capere [抓住] *参见 kap-
【引伸】
ca.bler
n.（名词）