- [intransitive, transitive] telegraph (something) to send a message by telegraph发电报；用电报发送（电文）；电告Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
- [transitive] telegraph something to make it clear to people what you are going to do, often without intending to（无意中）流露（思想），泄露（动机）
- A tiny movement of her arm had telegraphed her intention to hit out.她手臂的一小步移动就表明了她击打的意图。
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French télégraphe, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + -graphe (from French, based on Greek graphos ‘written, writing’).