cable
noun /ˈkeɪbl/
/ˈkeɪbl/
- [countable, uncountable] a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, phone signals, etc.
电缆；线缆 - fibre-optic cable
光缆 - a power cable
电力电缆 - overhead/underground/undersea cables
架空/地下/海底电缆 - a 10 000-volt cable
1 万伏特高压电缆 - a USB cable
一根USB电缆 - a length of electric cable
一根电缆 - They're digging up the road to lay cables.
他们正在挖开道路铺设电缆。
Topics The environmentb2, Engineeringb2- Connect the cable to the correct terminal.
将电缆连到正确的接线端。 - I plugged the cable into the amplifier.
我将电缆与扬声器接通。 - Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river.
工程师计划在河底铺设电话电缆。 - There is a cable running under the road.
马路下面有一条电缆。 - Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables.
得将路挖开以铺设地下电缆。 - These fibre-optic cables can carry telephone calls and computer data.
这些光纤电缆能传送电话和计算机资料。 - new cables connecting major cities in Europe
连接欧洲主要城市的新电缆
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- electric
- telephone
- overhead
- …
- length
- lay
- run
- attach
- …
- go
- run
- connect something
- …
- fibre-optic cable
- enlarge image[uncountable, countable] thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc.
（系船用的）缆绳；（支撑桥梁等用的）钢索 - [uncountable] (also cable television, cable TV)a system of broadcasting television programmes along wires rather than by radio waves
有线电视 - We can receive up to 500 cable channels.
我们可以接收多达 500 个有线电视频道。 - We just had cable installed.
我们刚装了有线电视。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + cable- get
- have
- install
- …
- television
- TV
- channel
- …
- We can receive up to 500 cable channels.
- [countable] (old-fashioned) a message sent by electrical signals and printed out
电报
词源Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’.