cable 音標拼音: [k'ebəl]
n . 電纜,海底電報,纜,索
vi . 打海底電報
vt . 發海底電報,縛住
電纜,海底電報,纜,索打海底電報發海底電報,縛住
cable 電纜; 排線
cable 纜 電纜
cable n 1 :
a telegram sent abroad [
synonym : {
cable }, {
cablegram },
{
overseas telegram }]
2 :
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power [
synonym : {
cable }, {
line }, {
transmission line }]
3 :
a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire 4 :
a nautical unit of depth [
synonym : {
cable }, {
cable length },
{
cable '
s length }]
5 :
television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver [
synonym : {
cable television }, {
cable }]
6 :
a television system that transmits over cables [
synonym : {
cable },
{
cable television }, {
cable system }, {
cable television service }]
v 1 :
send cables ,
wires ,
or telegrams [
synonym : {
cable },
{
telegraph }, {
wire }]
2 :
fasten with a cable ; "
cable trees "
Cable \
Ca "
ble \ (
k [=
a ]"
b '
l ),
n . [
F .
c [^
a ]
ble ,
LL .
capulum ,
caplum ,
a rope ,
fr .
L .
capere to take ;
cf .
D .,
Dan ., &
G .
kabel ,
from the French .
See {
Capable }.]
1 .
A large ,
strong rope or chain ,
of considerable length ,
used to retain a vessel at anchor ,
and for other purposes .
It is made of hemp ,
of steel wire ,
or of iron links .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A rope of steel wire ,
or copper wire ,
usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance ;
as ,
the cable of a suspension bridge ;
a telegraphic cable .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Arch )
A molding ,
shaft of a column ,
or any other member of convex ,
rounded section ,
made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope ; --
called also {
cable molding }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Bower cable },
the cable belonging to the bower anchor .
{
Cable road },
a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor .
{
Cable '
s length },
the length of a ship '
s cable .
Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more ;
but as a maritime measure ,
a cable '
s length is either 120 fathoms (
720 feet ),
or about 100 fathoms (
600 feet ,
an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile ).
{
Cable tier }.
(
a )
That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed .
(
b )
A coil of a cable .
{
Sheet cable },
the cable belonging to the sheet anchor .
{
Stream cable },
a hawser or rope ,
smaller than the bower cables ,
to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas .
{
Submarine cable }.
See {
Telegraph }.
{
To pay out the cable }, {
To veer out the cable },
to slacken it ,
that it may run out of the ship ;
to let more cable run out of the hawse hole .
{
To serve the cable },
to bind it round with ropes ,
canvas ,
etc .,
to prevent its being ,
worn or galled in the hawse ,
et .
{
To slip the cable },
to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard ,
as when there is not time to weigh anchor .
Hence ,
in sailor '
s use ,
to die .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cable \
Ca "
ble \ (
k [=
a ]"
b '
l ),
v .
t .
1 .
To fasten with a cable .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Arch .)
To ornament with cabling .
See {
Cabling }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Cable \
Ca "
ble \,
v .
t . &
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Cabled } (-
b '
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Cabling } (-
bl [
i ^]
ng ).]
To telegraph by a submarine cable [
Recent ]
[
1913 Webster ]
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cable ":
BX cable ,
Teletype ,
WATS ,
WATS line ,
armored cable ,
battery cable ,
bell wire ,
braid ,
brail ,
cablegram ,
chain ,
co -
ax ,
coaxial cable ,
concentric cable ,
cord ,
day letter ,
electric cable ,
electric cord ,
fast telegram ,
flash ,
guy ,
hawser ,
highline ,
hookup wire ,
lead ,
ligament ,
ligation ,
ligature ,
line ,
mooring ,
night letter ,
party line ,
power line ,
private line ,
radio ,
radiogram ,
rope ,
send a wire ,
sign off ,
sign on ,
spun yarn ,
strand ,
string ,
telegram ,
telegraph ,
telegraph cable ,
telegraph line ,
telephone line ,
telex ,
tendon ,
thong ,
three -
wire cable ,
transmission line ,
triaxial cable ,
trunk ,
trunk line ,
twine ,
twist ,
underground cable ,
wire ,
wire line ,
yarn
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