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telegraphic

/tel-i-graf-ik/US // ˌtɛl ɪˈgræf ɪk //UK // (ˌtɛlɪˈɡræfɪk) //

电报,电报机,电报业,电讯

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the telegraph.
    • : concise, clipped, or elliptical in style: telegraphic speech.

Examples

  • Yet McMurtry writes in a telegraphic style that does in sentences what others do in pages.

  • In Traffic, the so-called white slavers use a telegraphic pen to communicate.

  • In our "List of firms which must have a telegraphic address" Mr. Brown takes a high place.

  • A cable connecting Mombasa with Zanzibar puts the protectorate in direct telegraphic communication with the rest of the world.

  • At each telegraphic station the clerks transmitted messages delivered to them, delaying for State dispatches alone.

  • Was there anything in youh trip to Strathcona to warrant Sheila's little telegraphic dangeh signal, Graham?

  • This telegraphic signal was immediately understood by the party, that consequently came on towards us.