cables

1. [U][C](船只、桥梁等上的)巨缆,钢索 thick strong usually metal rope used on ships to support bridges
2. [C]电缆 a set of wires which carry telephone messages, television signals, etc.

1. vt. & vi. 给(某人)发电报,打电报告诉(某人) send (sth) or tell (sb) by telegram

• build〔lay, string〕 cable铺设电缆
• send a cable发电报

• electric cable电缆
• overseas〔submarine〕 cable海外〔海底〕电缆

• power cables电源电缆
• telephone〔telegraph〕 cable电话〔电报〕电缆

• cable address电报挂号
• cable car缆车
• cable gram海底电报

• by cable用电报

• cable from〔to〕来自〔发往〕…的电报

• cable for immediate delivery打电报要求立即发货
• cable in reply用电报答复

cable tv有线电视

cable television电缆电视，有线电视

power cable电力电缆

coaxial cable n. 同轴电缆

optical cable光缆

cable car（美）缆车

electric cable电缆

by cable用电报发出；通过电报

cable system电缆系统；有线系统

main cable主缆；主要钢缆

steel cable钢丝绳；钢索

optic cable光缆

cable network有线电视网路；电缆网络

control cable控制电缆；操纵索

fiber optic cable光缆，光纤；纤维光缆的

communication cable通信电缆；通讯传输缆线

cable tray电缆槽

heating cable发热电缆；加热电缆；耐热电缆

cable length n. 链（海上测距单位）

cable laying电缆敷设

1. Cable television has been around for some time now.
   有线电视面世已有些时日了。
2. They are building a submarine cable tunnel.
   他们正在建设一条海底电缆隧道。
3. A number of cables are needed in this project.
   这项工程需要大量电缆。
4. Try replacing the cable with a known working cable.
   试著以确定是工作良好的缆线替换缆线。
5. The new ship cut her cable and slipped into the water.
   新船砍缆下水。
6. The steel cable is an important strained component.
   钢缆索是一种重要的承力构件。
7. The cable stays converge to a single point on the apex of the tower.
   纲索在塔架顶部集中在一点。
8. I want to send a cable, will you get me the cable form?
   我要拍一封电报,帮我拿电报表格来好吗?

1. News of his death was cabled to his family.
   他的死讯已电告其家属。
2. She cabled the good news about her arrival in Chicago.
   她打电报说她已顺利到达芝加哥。
3. A continuity tester injects an AC signal into the conductors of a cable to find circuit faults.
   一个连续性测试器给电缆导线注入交流信号，从而找到电路故障。
4. The cable line had brought the two continents so near that people could begin to talk to each other across the Atlantic in a fraction of a second.
   电缆线缩短了两大洲之间的距离，从而使人们开始能够在瞬间隔着大西洋相互交流。
5. A lot of bows have set screws that hold the cable guards into the risers.
   很多弓有拿着缆绳卫兵入造反者的固定螺钉。
6. Use the built-in cable channels to secure both your oscilloscope and extension module to your location.
   使用内置电缆通道来固定示波器和扩展模块到您的位置上。