cable英音:['keibl]美音:['keb!]
名词 n.
1.缆;索;钢索[C][U]
The truck used a cable to tow the car.
卡车用缆索拖曳汽车.
2.电缆[C]
3.越洋电报[C]
I received a cable from New York.
我收到一封从纽约来的电报.
4.有线电视[U]
5.锚链
及物动词 vt.
1.给...拍越洋电报;用越洋电报发(消息等)[O1][O2]
She cabled her aunt in San Francisco.
她发电报给旧金山的姑妈.
2.(用缆绳等)缚住
不及物动词 vi.
1.发越洋电报
Father told me to cable when I arrived.
父亲嘱我到达后发个电报.