telegram

telegram — 名詞

1. a short written message delivered on a piece of yellow paper, sent through an el

1.名詞B2
釋義

電報

透過電報系統傳送的紙本訊息

a short written message delivered on a piece of yellow paper, sent through an electrical wire system by a telegraph machine — the main way to send urgent news quickly before telephones and the internet became common.

例句

Grandma still keeps the telegram her father sent from the war front in 1944.

奶奶仍保留著父親於 1944 年從前線寄來的電報。

keep + telegram (preserve as a memento)

The messenger boy handed a yellow telegram to Mrs. Ito at the front door.

送信的男孩將一封黃色電報遞給伊藤太太。

hand + telegram + to + person (delivery scene)

同義詞
  • cable

    a telegram sent overseas, especially by underwater cable; slightly more technical

  • wire

    informal American term for a telegram, used as both noun and verb ('send me a wire')

  • telex

    a later text-based communication system that replaced telegrams in business; used typed messages over telephone lines

文法句型

send + telegram + to + person

receive + telegram + from + person

by telegram

用法筆記

Now mostly historical. Telegrams were widely used between the 1850s and the 1980s but have been replaced by phone calls, email, and text messages. In modern fiction or historical writing, 'telegram' signals a pre-digital setting.

常見錯誤

❌I will send you a telegram with the address.' (in a modern, everyday situation)
✅I will text you the address.
💡telegrams are no longer used for ordinary communication.

telegram — 動詞