| 词汇 | cable |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： c.1200, from O.N.Fr., from M.L. capulum "lasso, rope, halter," from L. capere "to take, seize" (see capable). Technically, in nautical use, a rope 10 or more inches around (smaller ones being hawsers); in non-nautical use, a rope of wire (not hemp or fiber). Meaning "message received by telegraphic cable" is from 1883. Cablese is from 1895: "Since cablegrams had to be paid for by the word and even press rates were expensive the practice was to affix Latin prefixes and suffixes to make one word do the work of several" [Daniel Schorr]. Cable car is from 1887. Cable television first attested 1963; shortened form cable is from 1972. 词根记忆： n. 电报;电缆;缆,索,钢丝绳v.拍电报It's a fable that the cable enables the disabled man to be able to walk.电缆使得残疾人能够行走是天方夜谭. |
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