Cable

(noun.) a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire.

(noun.) a television system that transmits over cables.

(noun.) a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power.

(noun.) a telegram sent abroad.

(noun.) a nautical unit of depth.

(verb.) send cables, wires, or telegrams.

(verb.) fasten with a cable; 'cable trees'.

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• The _cable car_ is a factor which has cut no small figure in the activities of city life. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I worked on this cable more than two weeks, and the best I could do was two words per minute, which was only one-seventh of what the guaranteed speed of the cable should be when laid. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The first underseas cable was laid in 1851 between France and England. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The limits imposed practically were such as to require that the system should not cost more than a cable road to install. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This model showed itself capable of traveling at high speed on a single rail, rounding sharp curves and even traversing with ease a wire cable hung in the air. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A cable holds the balloon captive. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This class of bridges is usually constructed with chains or cables passing over towers, with the roadway suspended beneath. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It is supported by four iron wire cables, each consisting of 1056 wires. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Edison was now asked if he thought he could get a greater speed through submarine cables with this system than with the regular methods, and replied that he would like a chance to try it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The roadway hangs from these cables, suspended by 624 vertical rods. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The bridge, 800 feet long, is a single span, supported by four enormous cables of wire stretching from the Canadian cliff to the opposite United States cliff. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The cables pass over the tops of lofty stone towers arising from these cliffs, and each cable consists of no less than 4,000 distinct wires. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The car is connected to wire cables passing over large sheaves at the top of the well room to a counterbalancing bucket. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I therefore cabled to my friend, Wilson Hargreave, of the New York Police Bureau, who has more than once made use of my knowledge of London crime. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Barker cabled as follows from Paris, announcing the decision of the expert jury which passed upon the exhibits: Accept my congratulations. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I cabled back I would accept. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Johnson returned to America late in the fall of 1880, and in January, 1881, cabled to me to come to this country. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He cabled for help to Edison, who sent back word telling him to hold the fort. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• We find him cabling an offer of his services as a mediator on August 3rd. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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